Definition of Ozaena

1. Noun. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.

Exact synonyms: Ozena
Generic synonyms: Disease

Definition of Ozaena

1. a fetid discharge from the nostrils [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ozaena

oysterings
oysterless
oysterlike
oysterling
oysterlings
oysterman
oystermen
oysterplant
oysters
oysters Rockefeller
oystre
oystrige
oystriges
oz
oz.
ozaena (current term)
ozaenas
ozagrel
ozalid
ozalids
ozeki
ozekis
ozelot sword
ozena
ozenous
ozmazome
ozocerite
ozocerites
ozochrotia
ozogen

Literary usage of Ozaena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1842)
"Ibid, from Berlin Med. Zeit. June 30th, 1841. 41. Cure nf ozaena.—Dr. DETMOLD of Hanover says, that he has never failed to cure ordinary ..."

2. Homœopathic therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1879)
"Syphilitic ozaena : aur., con., hep., lach., lye., mere., nitr. ac., sulph. Scrofulous ozaena: mere., nitr. ac., ..."

3. Lectures on Clinical Medicine: Delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris by Armand Trousseau, Pierre Victor Bazire, John Rose Cormack (1870)
"... and almost at the same time, I had under treatment in the male wards a patient with syphilitic ozaena. Whenever the nasal secretions become foetid, ..."

4. The Diseases of the Nose, Mouth, Pharynx and Larynx: A Textbook for Students by Alfred Bruck (1910)
"The origin of atrophic rhinitis, especially that form which is accompanied by foetor (ozaena), is still a question waiting to be solved. ..."

5. The Technology of Bacteria Investigation: Explicit Directions for the Study by Charles Sumner Dolley (1885)
"17. LINGARD (A.) : Klein's " Micro-organisms and Disease." 1885, p. 128. OZ^ISTA. (Diplococcus.) LOWENBERG : " Die Natur und die Behandlung der ozaena. ..."

6. Ionic Medication: The Principles of the Method and an Account of the by H. Lewis Jones (1914)
"... ulcer—Cancer— Sinuses — Conjunctivitis—Trachoma—Corneal ulceration—Ulcers of the nose—ozaena—Antral suppuration —The teeth—Ulceration of the lips and ..."

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