rhineurynter

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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, volume 2:
      Epistaxis has also been arrested by tamponing the nasal cavity by means of an India-rubber tube, the so-called rhineurynter.