Nasal

['neɪz(ə)l] or ['nezl]

Definition

(noun.) an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose.

Checked by Blanchard--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to the nose.

(a.) 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, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

(n.) An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.

(n.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

(n.) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

(n.) One of the nasal bones.

(n.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Typist: Rowland

Definition

adj. belonging to the nose: affected by or sounded through the nose.—n. a letter or sound uttered through the nose: the nose-piece in a helmet.—n. Nasalisā′tion the act of uttering with a nasal sound.—v.i. Nā′salise to render nasal as a sound: to insert a nasal letter into.—n. Nasal′ity.—adv. Nā′sally by or through the nose.—adjs. Nā′sicorn having a horn on the nose as a rhinoceros; Nā′siform nose-shaped.—n. Nā′sion the median point of the naso-frontal suture.—adjs. Nasobā′sal pertaining to the nose and base of the skull; Nasoc′ular pertaining to the nose and eye nasorbital; Nasofron′tal pertaining to the nasal bone and the frontal bone; Nasolā′bial pertaining to the nose and the upper lip; Nasolac′rymal pertaining to the nose and to tears as the duct which carries tears from the eyes to the nose; Nasopal′atine pertaining to the nose and to the palate or palate-bones.

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