conjunctivorhinostomy

1. A surgical procedure to construct a passageway through the conjunctiva into the nasal cavity. 2. The opening so produced. [conjunctiva + G. ris (rhin), nose, + stoma, mouth]

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con·junc·tivo·rhi·nos·to·my kən-.jəŋ(k)-ti-(.)vō-.rī-'näs-tə-mē n, pl -to·mies surgical creation of a passage through the conjunctiva to the nasal cavity

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con·junc·ti·vo·rhi·nos·to·my (kən-junk″tĭ-vo-ri-nosґtə-me) surgical correction of total lacrimal canalicular obstruction: a dacryocystorhinostomy is done by suturing the posterior flaps, and the lacrimal caruncle is dissected out, preserving the conjunctiva.