NASAL CAVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nasal cavity mean? 

• NASAL CAVITY (noun)
  The noun NASAL CAVITY has 1 sense:

1. either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx

  Familiarity information: NASAL CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NASAL CAVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nasal cavity" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "nasal cavity"):

neuroepithelium (epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings)

Holonyms ("nasal cavity" is a part of...):

upper respiratory tract (the nose and throat and trachea)

nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)

 Context examples 

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive, progressive, and destructive lesion affecting the nasal cavities, paranasal sinuses, and the palate.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Lethal Midline Granuloma, NCI Thesaurus)

A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the nasal cavity and is characterized by prominent production of keratin.

(Keratinizing Nasal Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called: Paranasal Sinus Cancer, Cancer of the nasal cavity, Cancer of the paranasal sinus

(Nasal Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the nasal cavity.

(Nasal Cavity Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma arising from the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common type of paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer is squamous cell carcinoma (cancer that begins in flat cells lining these tissues and cavities).

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A benign neoplasm that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.

(Inverted Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)