And don't say mucus, cuz that's just part of it, not the actual booger. There is also dirt, dust, hair, and blood.
2007-03-02 05:02:10 · 6 answers · asked by rust 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A "rhinolith" is actually a very rare calcareous deposit, sort of a hard super-booger. The term is occasionally confused to mean any kind of booger on wiki-based websites.
The only correct term I can find is "dried nasal mucus."
2007-03-02 05:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by Ben H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-28 18:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Why is there no medical term for booger?
And don't say mucus, cuz that's just part of it, not the actual booger. There is also dirt, dust, hair, and blood.
2015-08-18 05:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by Tiffy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry to burst your bubble, but a "booger" is consisted of the things you listed, but it is still considered mucus. It forms when dirt and dust enter the nose. The body developes mucus around it as a way of trapping it and getting it out of the body.
2007-03-02 05:11:24 · answer #4 · answered by justweird_sodeal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well true! So I guess the only scientific way to include all the other components you named is:
"Dirt and dust contaminted, Keratoid protein tinged, hemocytes in a mucus medium".
LOL... ;o)
2007-03-02 05:20:35 · answer #5 · answered by TJTB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhinolith is the actual correct medical term.
2007-03-02 05:09:57 · answer #6 · answered by melvinree 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You can say it isn't mucous but it is just hardened with residue from your body and the environment. Same stuff.
2007-03-02 05:10:32 · answer #7 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a particulus of nasal globulation
I made this up as i can't find a proper name for it
2007-03-02 05:27:08 · answer #8 · answered by steviso 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
but it is nasal mucus. if it has dirt in it than it is nasal mucus with dirt and if it has hair or blood than it is nasal mucus with hair or blood.
2007-03-02 05:14:50 · answer #9 · answered by 98nil 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋