Talk:Rhinotomy

Latest comment: 11 years ago by Senra in topic English variation

English variation

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Is the word rhinotomy a spelling variation of the word rhinectomy? See also

  • "rhinotomy": surgical incision of the nose"
  • "rhinectomy": The word you've entered isn't in the medical dictionary"
  • "rhinotomy". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) No dictionary entries found for ‘rhinotomy’
  • "rhinectomy". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) No dictionary entries found for ‘rhinectomy’
  • prefix "rhino-". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) Forming terms with the sense ‘of or relating to the nose
  • suffix "-ectomy". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) Used to form words denoting a surgical operation for the removal of a part

--Senra (talk) 17:17, 12 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

See also some examples from the literature: [1], [2], [3] and [4] --Senra (talk) 17:27, 12 February 2013 (UTC)Reply