conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy


con·junc·ti·vo·dac·ry·o·cys·to·rhi·nos·to·my

(kon-jŭnk'ti-vō-dak'rē-ō-sis'tō-rī-nos'tō-mē), 1. A surgical procedure for providing lacrimal drainage when the canaliculi are closed; plastic tubes are used to stent a passageway created from the conjunctival sac through the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity. 2. The opening so produced. [conjunctiva + G. dakryon, tear, + kystis, cyst, + ris (rhin-), nose, + stoma, mouth]