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DEVIATED SEPTUM
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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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