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Definition of nasal

Nasal
Nasal Na"sal (n[=a]"zal), a. [F., from L. nasus the nose. See Nose.] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose. 2. (Phon.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance. Nasal bones (Anat.), two bones of the skull, in front of the frontals. Nasal index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the transverse the base of the aperture to the nasion, which latter distance is taken as the standard, equal to 100.
Nasal
Nasal Na"sal, n. 1. An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously. 2. (Med.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. [Archaic] 3. (Anc. Armor) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard. 4. (Anat.) One of the nasal bones. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Meaning of nasal from wikipedia

- Look up Nasal, Nasals, nasal, nasals, or naso- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nasal /ˈneɪzəl/ is an adjective referring to the nose, part of human...
- Nasal hair or nose hair is the hair in the human nose. Adult humans have hair in the nostrils. Nasal hair functions include filtering foreign particles...
- determined by the nasal bones and the nasal cartilages, including the nasal septum, which separates the nostrils and divides the nasal cavity into two....
- In anatomy, the term nasal meatus can refer to any of the three meatuses (p****ages) through the skull's nasal cavity: the superior meatus (meatus nasi...
- Nasal congestion is the partial or complete blockage of nasal p****ages, leading to impaired nasal breathing, usually due to membranes lining the nose...
- Nasal septum deviation is a physical disorder of the nose, involving a displacement of the nasal septum. Some displacement is common, affecting 80% of...
- The nasal cavity is a large, air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face. The nasal septum divides the cavity into two cavities...
- § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant...
- The nasal cycle is the unconscious alternating partial congestion and decongestion of the nasal cavities in humans and other animals. This results in...
- Nasal speech can be divided into hypo-nasal and hyper-nasal. Hyponasal speech, denasalization or rhinolalia clausa is a lack of appropriate nasal airflow...