empty nose syndrome

English

Etymology

Coined by Dr. Eugene Kern.

Noun

empty nose syndrome (uncountable)

1. The condition where the nose has been physiologically crippled, typically by excessive surgical removal of turbinates (mainly the inferior turbinates) in a turbinectomy or conchotomy.

Translations

condition where the nose has been crippled

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空鼻症 (kōngbízhèng)

• Finnish: tyhjän nenän oireyhtymä