Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. / Acronym of National Auto Sport Association.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative letter-case form of NASA (not used in North America)

Synonym of Páez (“a Native American people of Colombia”)

(phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.

plural of nasal vowel

The periodic alternation in the use of the left or the right nostril more actively for breathing, occurring in humans, caused by periodic swelling of the nasal conchae on one side of the nose and its reversal.

(pathology) A common physical disorder of the nose, involving a displacement of the nasal septum.

(hygiene) A personal hygiene practice which involves flooding the nasal cavity with warm saline solution (salt water).

plural of nasal concha

(pathology) The blockage of the nasal passages usually due to membranes lining the nose becoming swollen from inflamed blood vessels.