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DictionarynasalRelating to the nose
adjective / noun

nasal

NAY-zul/ˈneɪzl/

Relating to the nose.

She places the nasal spray tip just inside her nostril.

A close three-quarter view of a woman using a nasal spray, with the applicator tip just inside one nostril, making the nose-specific application immediately visible.
Etymology
nasLatinnose
+alLatinrelating to

The nose root and adjective ending make nasal a straightforward term for anything pertaining to the nose or nostrils. Its use for speech sounds applies that same relationship to resonance in the nose.

In context

Skilled Physicians Group I Skilled Wound Care6:26
you have the nasal cannula and the hosing of the cannula in your nose actually causing an ulceration within the mucous membranes of the nose
Pressure Injury Wounds vs Pressure Ulcer Discussion

More examples

  • Allergies can cause swelling in the nasal passages.
  • His voice sounds nasal when he has a cold.
  • The sounds represented by m and n are nasals.

Forms

nasal · nasals

nasally adverb — With sound resonating through the nose.