nasal

comparative more nasal · superlative most nasal

1. relationalanatomyOf or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.

   Neffy uses the same spray device as Narcan, the naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose, according to a spokesperson for its maker, ARS Pharmaceuticals.

   2024 August 9, Meg Tirrell, “First nasal spray epinephrine drug for emergency allergic reactions gets FDA approval”, in CNN

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   Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

   2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021, page 98

   Synonyms: nosely, nosey

2. human sciencesHaving a sound 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.

   nasal vowel

3. human sciencesCharacterized by resonance in the nasal passage.

   nasal utterance

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   "Are you sure you're OK?" she said with a nasal Australian accent.

   2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 2

4. entertainmentSharp, penetrating.

plural nasals

1. archaicmedicineA medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
2. abbreviationellipsishuman sciencesEllipsis of nasal consonant.
3. abbreviationellipsishuman sciencesEllipsis of nasal vowel.
4. historicalThe part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

   Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.

   1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam Books, published 2011, page 463

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   The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.

   1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78

5. abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of nasal bone.
6. biologyA plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

1. An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia