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
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. The
ancient Egyptians removed the noses of some criminals and exiled them to the
Sinai
Sinai commonly refers to:
* Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
* Mount Sinai, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
* Biblical Mount Sinai, the site in the Bible where Moses received the Law of God
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towns of
Tjaru
Tjaru ( egy, ṯꜣrw) was an ancient Egyptian fortress on the '' Way of Horus'' or '' Horus military road'', the major road leading out of Egypt into Canaan. It was known in Greek as Selē ( grc, Σελη), in Latin as Sile or Sele, and in Copt ...
or
Rhinocorura
Rhinocorura ( grc-gre, Ῥινοκόρουρα, ''Rhinokóroura'', or , ''Rhinokoúroura'') or Rhinocolura (, ''Rhinokóloura'') was the name of a region and associated town (or towns) and rivers lying between Ancient Egypt and the Land of Israe ...
, whose own name was
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
for "nose removal". The
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
, 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
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References
Surgical removal procedures
Nose surgery
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