plural of velar nasal

plural of nasal mutation

(anatomy) A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.

An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances.

(anatomy) Either lateral half of the nasal cavity.

(anatomy) Any one of the three thin bony plates on the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.

(anatomy, zootomy) Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.

(anatomy) In higher vertebrates, a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.

(pathology) An obstruction of the nasal cavity that reduces the flow of the air, regardless of the cause.

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