NASAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nasal mean? 

• NASAL (noun)
  The noun NASAL has 2 senses:

1. a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed

2. an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose

  Familiarity information: NASAL used as a noun is rare.

• NASAL (adjective)
  The adjective NASAL has 2 senses:

1. of or in or relating to the nose

2. sounding as if the nose were pinched

  Familiarity information: NASAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NASAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

nasal; nasal consonant

Hypernyms ("nasal" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

Derivation:

nasal (sounding as if the nose were pinched)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nasal; nasal bone; os nasale

Hypernyms ("nasal" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "nasal"):

rhinion (the anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones)

Holonyms ("nasal" is a part of...):

bridge (the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose)

Derivation:

nasal (of or in or relating to the nose)

• NASAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or in or relating to the nose

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

nasal; rhinal

Context example:

nasal passages

Pertainym:

nose (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sounding as if the nose were pinched

Synonyms:

adenoidal; nasal; pinched

Context example:

a whining nasal voice

Similar:

high; high-pitched (used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency)

Derivation:

nasal (a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed)

nasality (a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators)

 Context examples 

Administration of the drug within the nasal sinuses.

(Endosinusial Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration within the nasal sinuses of the head.

(Endosinusial Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

The nasal cavity is the passageway just behind your nose.

(Nasal Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

It usually involves the oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity.

(Diphtheria, NCI Thesaurus)

Another ingredient of Dayquil, phenylephrine, a post-synaptic alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist, induces vasoconstriction, and thereby reduces blood flow, decreases swelling and prevents nasal and sinus congestion.

(Dayquil, NCI Thesaurus)

A nasal type extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma occurring in childhood.

(Childhood Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Chronic inflammation of the nasal cavity mucosa.

(Chronic Rhinitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer that forms in tissues of the paranasal sinuses (small hollow spaces in the bones around the nose) or nasal cavity (the inside of the nose).

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A carcinoma arising from the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)