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ozena
SYN: atrophic rhinitis. [G. ozaina, a fetid polypus, fr. ozo, to smell]

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oze·na or chiefly Brit ozae·na ō-'zē-nə n a chronic disease of the nose accompanied by a fetid discharge and marked by atrophic changes in the nasal structures

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oze·na (o-zeґnə) [Gr. ozaina a fetid polypus in the nose] a late stage of atrophic rhinitis with a thick mucopurulent discharge, mucosal crusting, and fetor, often associated with the presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae>. ozenous adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.