RHINOSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhinoscopy mean? 

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

1. examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHINOSCOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

 Context examples 

Also called rhinoscopy.

(Nasoscopy, NCI Dictionary)