Definition of nasal

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Nasal (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..

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Nasoseptal :: Nasoseptal (a.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.
Snore :: Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep..
N :: N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation,
Prefrontal :: Prefrontal (a.) Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes..
Nasalize :: Nasalize (v. t.) To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.
Subnascent :: Subnasal (a.) Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture..
Holorhinal :: Holorhinal (a.) Having the nasal bones contiguous.
Orbitonasal :: Orbitonasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the orbit and the nose; as, the orbitonasal, or ophthalmic, nerve..
Influenza :: Influenza (n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever..
Rhinolophid :: Rhinolophid (n.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat..
M :: M () M, the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178-180, 242..
Twang :: Twang (n.) An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
Amphirhina :: Amphirhina (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double..
Prorhinal :: Prorhinal (a.) Situated in front of the nasal chambers.
Erthine :: Erthine (a.) Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.
Gutturo- :: Gutturo- () A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal..
Septomaxillary :: Septomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts.
Nasoturbinal :: Nasoturbinal (a.) Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as, the nasalturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammelae of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal..
Oculonasal :: Oculonasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; as, the oculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the ophthalmic..
Nyctophile :: Nyctophile (n.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage..
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