Etymology

depressor septi nasi

Today it means: A small muscle of each side of the upper lip that is inserted into the nasal septum and wing of the nose on each side and constricts the nasal opening by drawing the wing downward. Full definition →

New Latin dēpressor sēptī nāsī
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromdēpressor sēptī nāsī“depressor of the septum of the nose”
  2. English todaydepressor septi nasi

Borrowed from New Latin dēpressor sēptī nāsī (“depressor of the septum of the nose”).

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