rhinolith

English

Etymology

From rhino- (“nose”) +‎ -lith (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪnə(ʊ)lɪθ/

Noun

rhinolith (plural rhinoliths)

1. A calculus that forms in the nasal cavity.
   • 1889, Clinic of the Month, The Practitioner, volume 42, page 242:

     Dr. 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 467:

     A rhinolith is a mineralized nasal foreign body.

   • 2004, G. H. Quay, A Monograph of Diseases of Nose and Throat, page 83:

     Or 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 […].

Further reading

• rhinolith on Wikipedia.Wikipedia