rhinophyma

English

Etymology

From rhino- +‎ Ancient Greek φῦμα (phûma, “growth, tumour”).

Noun

rhinophyma (countable and uncountable, plural rhinophymas or rhinophymata)

  1. (medicine) The condition of having a large, bulbous, ruddy nose caused by granulomatous infiltration, commonly due to untreated rosacea.
    • 2014, V. Oswal, M. Remacle, S. Jovanvic, Principles and Practice of Lasers in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, page 472:
      An alternative method for the management of rhinophyma is advocated by Gjuric and Rettinger (1993), who used a mono- or bipolar electroknife.
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