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agger /ag·ger/ (aj´er) pl. ag´geres   [L.] an eminence or elevation.
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Agger nasi, an elevation anterior to the middle concha on the lateral nasal wall, above the atrium of the middle meatus.

agger
[ag′ər, aj′ər]
a small protuberance or eminence of tissue, such as the curved elevation above the atrium of the nose.

agger [aj´er] (pl. ag´geres) (L.)
an elevation.
agger na´si ridge of nose: an elevation at the anterior free margin of the middle nasal concha.
Agger nasi. From Dorland's, 2000.

agger
an elevation or eminence.


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This may be achieved by decompression of the frontal recess and, in particular, removing the portions of the bulla ethmoidalis, uncinate process, and agger nasi that are narrowing the recess.
The mass was opened with a microdebrider (figure, B), and it was identified as a hyperpneumatized agger nasi cell (figure, C).
During surgery, we were able to visualize the natural ostium of her left agger nasi cell.
 
 
 
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