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Answer for the clue "Surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus ", 9 letters:
rhinotomy

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Rhinotomy is mutilation, usually amputation , of the nose . It was a means of judicial punishment throughout the world, particularly for sexual transgressions, but in the case of adultery often applied only to women. The Code of Hammurabi contains references ...

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n. surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus