| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,914,289,199 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
rhinoplasty |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
rhinoplasty [′rīn·ə‚plas·tē]
(medicine) A plastic operation on the nose. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in periodicals archive | ? | Encyclopedia browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No references found | 10,11) While surgeons have wide latitude in how we perform individual operations depending on the anatomy of a given patient, rhinoplasties generally involve five procedures: * removing a dorsal hump; * narrowing the bony nasal arch; * lowering and/or shortening the upper lateral cartilages; * narrowing and/or lowering the nasal tip; and * shortening and fitting the cartilaginous septum. DID you know that humans can tell the difference between 10,000 different odours, that the first reported rhinoplasties - aka nose jobs - were done in Italy during the Renaissance in the 14th century, and are now the most common form of plastic surgery among men and women? THE BASIC FACTS Rhinoplasties, otherwise known as nose jobs, are among the most common reconstructive plastic surgery procedures performed. |
rhinoplasties |
rhinommectomy rhinomucormycosis rhinomycosis rhinonecrosis Rhinonicteris Rhinonicteris aurantius Rhinonyssus Rhinonyssus rhinolethrum rhinopathy rhinopathy rhinopharyngeal rhinopharyngitis rhinopharyngitis rhinopharyngitis Rhinophes Rhinophidae rhinophonia Rhinophore Rhinophore Rhinophore rhinophycomycosis rhinophyma rhinophyma rhinophyma rhinoplastic rhinoplastic rhinoplastic Rhinoplastic Operation Rhinoplastic Operation Rhinoplastic Operation rhinoplasties rhinoplastyrhinoplasty rhinoplasty rhinopneumonitis rhinopolypus Rhinopoma Rhinopomatidae Rhinopome Rhinoptera Rhinoptera bonasus Rhinopteridae rhinorrhagia rhinorrhagia rhinorrhea rhinorrhea rhinorrhea Rhinorrhoea Rhinorrhoea Rhinorrhoea rhinos rhinosalpingitis rhinoscleroma rhinoscleroma rhinoscleroma rhinoscope rhinoscope rhinoscope Rhinoscopic rhinoscopies rhinoscopies | |||||||
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|