DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does deviated nasal septum mean? 

• DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM (noun)
  The noun DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM (noun)

Meaning:

Abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum; a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathing and recurrent nosebleeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

deviated septum (abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity))