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nasales

US/neɪˈzeɪˌliz/

nasales is the plural of nasalis.

Meaning of nasalis

Noun

nasalis (plural nasales)

  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.

Questions about nasales

What is nasales the plural of?
Nasales is the plural of nasalis.
How do you pronounce nasales?
Nasales is pronounced /neɪˈzeɪˌliz/ (US).

Words near nasales in the dictionary

  1. nasal vowel
  2. nasal vowels
  3. nasal-ingressive
  4. nasal-ingressives
  5. nasalance
  6. nasales
  7. nasalis
  8. nasalisation
  9. nasalisations
  10. nasalise
  11. nasalised

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