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Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ RHINISM       med> NASAL VOICE QUALITY
~ RHINITIS      med>  INFLAMED NASAL MEMBRANES
                vern> "RUNNING NOSE"
~ RHINO         short for RHINOCEROS
~ RHINO~        id+ | prefix for NOSE | from
                gr RHIS = see> NOSE
~ RHINOCEPHALY  biol> med> in HUMANS see> PROBOSCIS
                     TUBE LIKE NOSE MALFORMATION
                THE PROSBOSCIES MAY DEVELOP
                ABOVE THE EYES
                see> PROBOSCIS
                biol> PROBOSCIS IS A COMMON
                      IN INSECTS
~ RHINOCEROS   id+ | "NOSY" MAMMAL |
               gr RHINOKEROS  = LARGE NOSE plus
                                THICK SKIN
               biol> family RHINOCEROCIDAE
                     THICK SKINNED
               HERBIVOROUS MAMMALS WITH
               UPRIGHT NASAL HORNS
               NOW NEARLY EXTINCT DUE TO
               HUMAN ENCROACHMENT
~ RHINOPHEMA   see> RHINOPHYMA
~ RHINOPLASTY  med> SURGICAL ESTHETIC NOSE REPAIR
~ RHINORHEA    med> "RUNNY" NOSE
~ RHINOPHYMA   id+ | NOSE GROWTH |
                gr PHEMA = GROWTH
                RHINOPHYMA IS MORE COMMON
                IN OLDER PEOPLE
                PARTICULARLY IN THOSE WITH
                see> ROSACEA
                AN INFLAMMATORY DISORDER
                INDUCING LOBULATED GROWTH OF
                EPITHELIAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE
                OF THE LOWER NASAL REGIONS
~ RHINOPLASTY   med> SURGICAL NOSE REPAIR
                     for RECONSTRUCTIVE
                RESTORATIVE or COSMETIC REASONS
~ RHINOS        gr NOSE
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