DEVIATED SEPTUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("deviated septum" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deviated septum"):

deviated nasal septum (abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum; a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathing and recurrent nosebleeds)

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