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NASAL MEATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nasal meatus mean? 

NASAL MEATUS (noun)
  The noun NASAL MEATUS has 1 sense:

1. the passages in the nasal cavity formed by the projections of the nasal conchaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NASAL MEATUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The passages in the nasal cavity formed by the projections of the nasal conchae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

meatus (a natural body passageway)


 Context examples 


A test for patency of the lacrimal system; fluorescein instilled in the conjunctival sac can be recovered from the inferior nasal meatus.

(Jones Test, NCI Thesaurus)



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