empty nose syndrome en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined by Dr. Eugene Kern.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The condition where the nose has been physiologically crippled, typically by excessive surgical removal of turbinates (mainly the inferior turbinates) in a turbinectomy or conchotomy.
Translations (2)
cmn 空鼻症 (condition where the nose has been crippled) · fi tyhjän nenän oireyhtymä (condition where the nose has been crippled)