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nasal bone

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Main Entry: nasal bone
Function: noun
: either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes that lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong inshape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity
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nasal bone n.
An elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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