In surgery|lang=en terms the difference between septoplasty and septorhinoplasty
is that septoplasty is (surgery) a surgical procedure to harvest cartilage from the nasal septum to be used as grafting material while septorhinoplasty is (surgery) a surgical procedure that combines a septoplasty and a rhinoplasty in order to improve the function and appearance of the nose.
As nouns the difference between septoplasty and septorhinoplasty
is that septoplasty is (surgery) a corrective surgical procedure to straighten a deviated nasal septum while septorhinoplasty is (surgery) a surgical procedure that combines a septoplasty and a rhinoplasty in order to improve the function and appearance of the nose.
septoplasty
English
Noun
(septoplasties)
(surgery) A corrective surgical procedure to straighten a deviated nasal septum.
(surgery) A surgical procedure to harvest cartilage from the nasal septum to be used as grafting material.
Derived terms
* septoplastic
septorhinoplasty
English
Noun
(septorhinoplasties)
(surgery) A surgical procedure that combines a septoplasty and a rhinoplasty in order to improve the function and appearance of the nose.
Derived terms
* septorhinoplastic