Meanings
adjectiveinfranasal (not comparable)
- not comparableBelow the nose
Between the buccalward-projecting medial nasal processes is a depressed area which [Wilhelm] His named the infranasal area, and cephalic to the latteral and caudal to the head prominence caused by the growing cerebral hemispheres in the traingular area of His.
1920, Jacob Parsons Schaeffer, The Nose, Paranasal Sinuses, Nasolacrimal Passageways, and Olfactory Organ in Man, page 48
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with infranasal
appraisalhazelbasilnasalbasalphrasalintranasalparanasalvomeronasaleiselpostnasalalinasalantronasalbasinasalbinasalbucconasalcircumnasaldorsonasalendonasalepinasalethmonasalextranasalfrontonasalhypernasal
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Chicago
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