infranasal
infranasal adjective: below the nose.
Adjective
infranasal (not comparable)
- Below the nose
- 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.1920, Jacob Parsons Schaeffer, The Nose, Paranasal Sinuses, Nasolacrimal Passageways, and Olfactory Organ in Man, page 48
Origin of infranasal
From infra- + nasal.
Words formed from infranasal
Phrases with infranasal
Words that rhyme with infranasal
- hazel
- nasal
- appraisal
- intranasal
- phrasal
- alinasal
- antronasal
- basinasal
- binasal
- bucconasal
- circumnasal
- dorsonasal
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- endonasal
- epinasal
- ethmonasal
- extranasal
- frontonasal
- hypernasal
- hyponasal
- inferonasal
- internasal
- labionasal
- lacrimonasal
- linguonasal
- maxillonasal
- mesonasal
- muconasal
- nonnasal
- oculonasal
- oralnasal
- orbitonasal
- oronasal
- orthonasal
- palatonasal
- palpebronasal
- paranasal
- perinasal
- pharyngonasal
- postnasal
- prenasal
- retronasal
- rostronasal
- septonasal
- sinonasal
- subnasal
- superonasal
- supranasal
- temporonasal
- tracheonasal
- transnasal
- ventronasal
- vomeronasal
Questions about infranasal
- What does infranasal mean?
- Infranasal means below the nose.
- What part of speech is infranasal?
- Infranasal is an adjective.
Words near infranasal in the dictionary
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