rhinencephalon /rīn-en-sefˈə-lon/ noun

(Gr enkephalon brain) the olfactory lobe of the brain

rhinīˈtis noun

Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose

rhīnolalia /-lāˈli-ə/ noun

(Gr laliā talk) nasal speech

rhīˈnolith noun

(Gr lithos stone) a concretion in the nose

rhīnologˈical adjective

rhīnolˈogist noun

A nose specialist

rhīnolˈogy noun

1. The study of the nose
2. Nasal pathology

rhinopharyngitis /rī-nō-far-in-jīˈtis/ noun

Inflammation of the nose and pharynx

rhīnophyma /-fīˈ/ noun

(Gr phȳma growth, tumour) overgrowth of skin and subcutaneous tissue of the nose

rhīnoplasˈtic adjective

rhīˈnoplasty noun

Plastic surgery of the nose

rhinorrhagia /rī-nō-rāˈjyə/ noun

(Gr rhēgnynai to break) excessive nose-bleeding

rhīnorrhoea /-rēˈə/ noun

(Gr rhoiā flow) excessive mucous discharge from the nose

rhīnorrhoeˈal adjective

rhīnoscleroma /-sklē-rōˈmə/ noun

A disease with hard swelling in the nose, etc

rhīˈnoscope noun

An instrument for examining the nose

rhīnoscopˈic adjective

rhīnosˈcopy noun

rhīnothēˈca noun

(Gr thēkē case) the sheath of a bird's upper mandible

rhīˈnovirus noun

A virus belonging to a subgroup of picornaviruses thought responsible for the common cold and other respiratory diseases