nasologistn.
/neɪˈzɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /neɪˈzɑlədʒəst/ Originally: an expert in or proponent of nasology (now rare). Later (also): a rhinologist (rare).
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1848 ‘E. Warwick’ Nasology vii. 177 In that work [sc. Dickens's Oliver Twist] we have the shrewd penetrative Jew with his Hawk-nose; the mild, but high-minded Oliver Twist, with his fine Greek nose... A reference to the plates, and the author's pen-and-ink portraits..will confirm our right to claim Dickens as a Nasologist.
1865 Notes & Queries 27 May 421/2 It is narrated of Napoleon I that he was a practical nasologist, and influenced in his choice of men by the size of their noses.
1899 Daily News 17 Feb. 4/7 What is your favourite perfume? asks the nasologist of his patient.
2000 Yemen Times (Electronic ed.) 4 Sept. The services fell below the level..owing to absence of medical cadres such as orthopedics, nasologists, dentists, cardiologists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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