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A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures
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ozena
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ozena \o*ze"na\ ([-o]*z[=e]"n[.a]), n. [NL., fr. L. ozaena, Gr. 'o`zaina, fr. 'o`zein to smell.] (Med.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the ...
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n. a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures [syn: ozaena ]
Usage examples of ozena.
Wiesman, in 1893, reported a rhinolith, which was composed of a cherry-stone enveloped in chalk, that had been removed after a sojourn of sixty years, with intense ozena as a consequence of its lodgment.