rhinolithn.
/ˈrʌɪnə(ʊ)lɪθ/, U.S. /ˈraɪnəˌlɪθ/ Medicine.
A calcified concretion within a nasal cavity, typically formed around a foreign body.
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1845 Lancet 26 July 90/2 Calculi of the nasal fossæ, which Graaf calls rhinolithes, appear to have been first mentioned in 1502.
1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 444 Rhinoliths generally owe their origin to the accidental impaction of small foreign bodies around which the salts of the pituitary secretion collect.
1929 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 6 516/1 The foreign body if in place any length of time will be incrusted with lime salts and may be called a rhinolith.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 2 Sept. 541/1 The chemical constituents of the rhinolith are chiefly inorganic salts of sodium, calcium and magnesium derived from nasal and lacrimal fluids.
2004 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 138 1065/2 Rhinoliths are uncommon foreign bodies of the nose formed by in situ calcification of intranasal endogenous or exogenous foreign material.
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rhinoˈlithic adj. rare
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1891 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 60 ii. 1279 Analyses of four rhinolithic calculi.
1902 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 123 286 As they proved to be neither necrotic nor rhinolithic aggregations, not exostoses, I considered them osteophytes.
1995 R. P. Langlais et al. Diagnostic Imaging of Jaws xix. 630/2 Rhinorrhea develops first, and purulent rhinitis follows. This reaction, known as rhinolithic rhinitis, is usually unilateral.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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