Rhinolith

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹaɪnÉ™(ÊŠ)lɪθ/

Origin

-("nose") + lith("stone") + -.

Full definition of rhinolith

Noun

1. A calculus that forms in the nasal cavity.
• 1889, Clinic of the Month, The Practitioner, vol. 42, page 242Dr. J. Middlemas Hunt … describes a case of rhinolith. …. This proved to be a small nasal calculus, weighing seven grains, and consisting mostly of sequestrum of bone.
• 2002, Gary R. Strange, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, page 467A rhinolith is a mineralized nasal foreign body.
• 2004, G. H. Quay, A Monograph of Diseases of Nose and Throat, page 83Or the nucleus of a rhinolith may be a hardened piece of mucus …. The symptoms produced by a rhinolith are the same as those caused by any other foreign object ….