turbinate body

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• inclusion body rhinitis — mucopurulent rhinitis and sinusitis of young pigs due to infection with a cytomegalovirus; severe cases may be marked by atrophy of the turbinate bones (see atrophic r. of swine) and distortion of the snout, sneezing, stunting of growth, and,… …   Medical dictionary

• Nasal concha — Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Superior and middle in pink, and inferior in blue.) …   Wikipedia

• Empty nose syndrome — (ENS) is a medical term coined by Dr. Kern and Dr. Stenquist (1996) to describe a cluster of symptoms that often occurs when a nose is crippled by over resection of the inferior and/or middle turbinates of the nose. ENS can be considered as a… …   Wikipedia

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• concha — In anatomy, a structure comparable to a shell in shape, as the auricle or pinna of the ear or a turbinate bone in the nose. [L. a shell] c. of auricle [TA] the large hollow, or floor of the …   Medical dictionary

• turbinotomy — Incision into or excision of a turbinated body. [turbinate + G. tome, incision] * * * tur·bi·not·o·my (tur″bĭ notґə me) [turbinate + tomy] the surgical cutting of a nasal concha (turbinate bone). Called also conchotomy …   Medical dictionary

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