~ RHINISM       med> NASAL VOICE QUALITY
~ RHINITIS      med>  INFLAMED NASAL MEMBRANES
                vern> "RUNNING NOSE"
~ RHINO         short for RHINOCEROS
~ RHINO~        id+ | prefix for NOSE | from
                gr RHIS = see> NOSE
~ RHINOCEPHALY  biol> med> in HUMANS see> PROBOSCIS
                     TUBE LIKE NOSE MALFORMATION
                THE PROSBOSCIES MAY DEVELOP
                ABOVE THE EYES
                see> PROBOSCIS
                biol> PROBOSCIS IS A COMMON
                      IN INSECTS
~ RHINOCEROS   id+ | "NOSY" MAMMAL |
               gr RHINOKEROS  = LARGE NOSE plus
                                THICK SKIN
               biol> family RHINOCEROCIDAE
                     THICK SKINNED
               HERBIVOROUS MAMMALS WITH
               UPRIGHT NASAL HORNS
               NOW NEARLY EXTINCT DUE TO
               HUMAN ENCROACHMENT
~ RHINOPHEMA   see> RHINOPHYMA
~ RHINOPLASTY  med> SURGICAL ESTHETIC NOSE REPAIR
~ RHINORHEA    med> "RUNNY" NOSE
~ RHINOPHYMA   id+ | NOSE GROWTH |
                gr PHEMA = GROWTH
                RHINOPHYMA IS MORE COMMON
                IN OLDER PEOPLE
                PARTICULARLY IN THOSE WITH
                see> ROSACEA
                AN INFLAMMATORY DISORDER
                INDUCING LOBULATED GROWTH OF
                EPITHELIAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE
                OF THE LOWER NASAL REGIONS
~ RHINOPLASTY   med> SURGICAL NOSE REPAIR
                     for RECONSTRUCTIVE
                RESTORATIVE or COSMETIC REASONS
~ RHINOS        gr NOSE

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