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Added 9 October 2026

nasalis

/neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/ noun

Latin root: nāsālis Wiktionary

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A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.

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