English
Etymology
Combination of rhino-, from Gr. term|scGrek|ῥι�|trrhis||nose, + -lith, from Gr. λίθο� term|trlithos|||stone|langel.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�ɹaɪn�(�)lɪθ/
Noun
en-noun
- A calculus that forms in the nasal cavity.
#* 1889, Clinic of the Month, The Practitioner, vol. 42, page 242
#*: Dr. J. Middlemas Hunt [�] describes a case of rhinolith. [�]. This proved to be a small nasal calculus, weighing seven grains, and consisting mostly of sequestrum of bone.
#* 2002, Gary R. Strange, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, page 467
#*: A rhinolith is a mineralized nasal foreign body.
#* 2004, G. H. Quay, A Monograph of Diseases of Nose and Throat, page 83
#*: Or the nucleus of a rhinolith may be a hardened piece of mucus [�]. The symptoms produced by a rhinolith are the same as those caused by any other foreign object [�].
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