See Also: pharyngorhinoscopy(medicine)

suppositum (iou) and pharyngorhinoscopy (medicine)


suppositum (iou)



suppositum noun. . M17.
[medieval Latin, use as noun of neut. sing. of suppositus pa. pple of supponere: see SUPPOSITION.]
Metaphysics. A being that subsists by itself, an individual thing or person; occas., a being in relation to its attributes. Long rare or obsolete. M17.
Logic. An assumption. M19.

pharyngorhinoscopy (medicine)


pharyngorhinoscopy


Inspection of the rhinopharynx and posterior nares by means of the rhinoscopic mirror.

Origin: pharyngo-+ G. Rhis, nose, + skopeo, to view