nasalis

Meaning

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.

Translations

nasale

musculo nasale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/

Etymology

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