infranasal

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English

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Etymology

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From infra- +‎ nasal.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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infranasal (not comparable)

  1. Below the nose
    • 1920, Jacob Parsons Schaeffer, The Nose, Paranasal Sinuses, Nasolacrimal Passageways, and Olfactory Organ in Man, page 48:
      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.

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