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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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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures [syn: ozaena ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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.