See Also: naso-(medicine)
naso-(dictionary)
naso-occipital arc(medicine)
naso-oral(medicine)

naso- (iou)



naso- combining form.
[from Latin nasus nose: see -O-.]
Chiefly Anatomy. Forming adjectives and nouns with the senses 'nasal and ', 'of the nose', as nasofrontal, nasopalatal.
naso'ciliary adjective designating a branch of the ophthalmic nerve that supplies the skin and mucous membrane of the nose, the eyelids, and parts of the eyeball L19.
naso'gastric adjective (Medicine) reaching or supplying the stomach via the nose M20.
naso'lacrimal adjective (a) pertaining to or connecting the lacrimal glands and the nasal cavity; (b) pertaining to the lacrimal and nasal bones: M19.
na'sologist noun (rare) a student of noses M19.
na'sology noun (rare) the branch of knowledge that deals with the nose or noses M19.
nasopha'ryngeal adjective of or pertaining to the nasopharynx, or the nose and the pharynx L19.
naso'pharynx noun the upper part of the pharynx, above the soft palate and connecting with the nasal cavity (cf. OROPHARYNX) L19.