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Rhinophyma
(redirected from Cauliflower nose)

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rhinophyma /rhi·no·phy·ma/ (-fi´mah) a form of rosacea marked by redness, sebaceous hyperplasia, and nodular swelling and congestion of the skin of the nose.
rhi·no·phy·ma (rn-fm)
n.
Hypertrophy of the nose with follicular dilation resulting from hyperplasia of sebaceous glands accompanied by fibrosis and increased vascularity.

Rhinophyma
Long-term swelling and overgrowth in skin tissue of the nose that leaves it with a knobby bulb-like look.
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