单词 | rhinophyma |
释义 | rhinophyman. Medicine. Nodular enlargement and reddening of the nose resulting from hyperplasia of sebaceous glands and connective tissue and dilatation of blood vessels, usually considered to be the end stage of rosacea. Also: an individual nodule of this; a case of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > swelling of face > disorders of nose copper-nose1609 rhinitis1829 rhinophyma1871 nose paint1880 sinusitis1896 rhinosinusitis1908 rhinosporidiosis1910 allergic rhinitis1922 1871 A. Pullar tr. I. Neumann Text-bk. Skin Dis. ii. 156 In the most severe degrees of this affection, there are formed lobular and reddened protuberances (rhinophyma), of the size of a man's fist, containing numerous comedones. 1915 Lancet 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. 1920 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 May 1450/1 Operative removal of rhinophymas has not offered much encouragement to surgeons. 1973 Sci. 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. 2007 Rosacea Rev. (Nat. Rosacea Soc.) Winter 3 Rhinophyma is the most common form of subtype 3 (phymatous) rosacea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871 |
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