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rhinophyma Med.|raɪnəʊˈfaɪmə|
Pl. rhinophymata, -phymas.
[mod.L. (coined in Ger. by H. von Hebra 1881, in Vierteljahresschrift f. Dermatol. VIII. 603), f. Gr. ῥῑν-ός, ῥίς nose + L. phȳma swelling, tumour (ad. Gr. ϕῦµα growth, tumour).]
Chronic enlargement and reddening of the nose with hypertrophy of its sebaceous glands.
1882London Med. Rec. IX. 69/1 (heading) Hebra.—On rhinophyma. 1915Lancet 18 Sept. 643/2 Rhinophymata give rise to much mental distress and worry, and a desire to shun all society on account of the unsightly appearance produced by their presence. 1920Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 May 1450/1 Operative removal of rhinophymas has not offered much encouragement to surgeons. 1947G. D. Wolf Ear, Nose & Throat xx. 407 Rhinophyma is the advanced and terminal stage of acne rosacea of the nose. 1973Sci. Amer. Sept. 4/2 An Old Man and His Grandson, painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio late in the 15th century... The old man apparently suffers from rhinophyma, a condition in which the nose becomes knobby and enlarged as a result of rosacea, a chronic disease involving overactivity of the sebaceous glands. Usually the nose is also reddened, because small blood vessels become dilated. |