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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • anatomy Of or pertaining to the nose.
  • phonetics 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; characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

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Noun:

  • anatomy One of the nasal bones.
  • An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously, such as ''m'' and ''n''.
  • (''armour'') Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
  • medicine archaic A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  • phonetics A nasal vowel or consonant.
  • zoology A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

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