English Explanatory Dictionary

nasalis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.

Pronunciation

/neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/ /neɪˈseɪ.lɪs/

Word forms

nasalis nasales

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.

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