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infranasal en · ADJ

Etymology

From infra- + nasal.

Meanings

  1. (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:

Deriveds

infranasal depression