A rhinectomy is the surgical removal of a nose.
If only part of the nose is removed it is called a partial rhinectomy, while entire nose removal is called a total rhinectomy. Often, a
nose prosthesis is required for rehabilitation.
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History
Rhinectomy has traditionally been a form of
disfiguring judicial corporal punishment. The
ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
ians removed the noses of some criminals and exiled them to the
Sinai towns of
Tjaru or
Rhinocorura
''Rhinocorura'' (, or , ''Rhinokoúroura'') or ''Rhinocolura'' (, ''Rhinokóloura'') was the name of a region and one or more associated towns and rivers lying between Ancient Egypt and Palestine. The name may refer explicitly to:
* As ''Rhinoco ...
, whose own name was
Greek for "nose removal". The
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...
, believing that
their emperor should represent a human ideal, removed the noses of both criminals and rival emperors, with the idea that such disfigurement disqualified its recipients from office. The notable exception was the second reign of , who gained the epithet ''Rhinotmetus'' or "the Slit-Nose".
See also
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List of surgeries by type
Many Surgery, surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix (linguistics), suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach. Thus, ''gastrectom ...
References
Surgical removal procedures
Nose surgery
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