infranasal

English

Etymology

infra- +‎ nasal

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪzəl

Adjective

infranasal (not comparable)

1. Below the nose
   • 1920, Jacob Parsons Schaeffer, The Nose, Paranasal Sinuses, Nasolacrimal Passageways, and Olfactory Organ in Man, page 48:

     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.

Derived terms

• infranasal depression