RHINOTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhinotomy mean? 

• RHINOTOMY (noun)
  The noun RHINOTOMY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RHINOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHINOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rhinotomy" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)