RHINOPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhinopathy mean? 

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

1. any disease or malformation of the nose

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHINOPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any disease or malformation of the nose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rhinopathy"):

rhinostenosis (narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities)

brandy nose; copper nose; hammer nose; hypertrophic rosacea; potato nose; rhinophyma; rum-blossom; rum nose; toper's nose (enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol)

rhinosporidiosis (fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming)