rhineurynter

English

Noun

rhineurynter (plural rhineurynters)

1. (medicine, archaic) A dilatable bag, inserted into the nostril and inflated to arrest a profuse nosebleed.
   • 1897, A text-book of surgery‎^[1], volume 2:

     Epistaxis has also been arrested by tamponing the nasal cavity by means of an India-rubber tube, the so-called rhineurynter.