See Also: Deviation of the nasal septum(health)
septum, nasal(medicine)
nasal septum(medicine)
absent nasal septum(medicine)
cartilage of nasal septum(medicine)
bony nasal septum(medicine)
membranous part of nasal septum(medicine)
bony part of nasal septum(medicine)
mobile part of nasal septum(medicine)
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Giant (medicine) and Deviation of the nasal septum (health)


Giant (medicine)


giant


1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. "Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise."

2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

Origin: OE. Giant, geant, geaunt, OF. Jaiant, geant, F. Geant, L. Gigas, fr. Gr, from the root of E. Gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.

Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. Giant cell.

<anatomy> A very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.

<botany> Giant puffball, one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Deviation of the nasal septum (health)


Failure of the nasal septum to be in the center where it is supposed to be. (The nasal septum is the wall inside the nose that runs down the middle dividing it into two sides.)