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naso-
- a combining form meaning “nose,” used in the formation of compound words:
nasology.
naso-
combining_form
- nose
nasopharynx
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Example Sentences
In hay fever, the itching and redness of the eyes, nose, and throat are controlled from a sensitive point in the naso-pharynx.
Mancini also speaks of the faults of nasal and throaty voice: "Un cantare di gola e di naso."
It is lawful to suspend "naso adunco" those whom we may not otherwise suspend.
The Bishop amused himself and Coley by saying, as he hung a fishhook on this man's nose-hook, 'Naso suspendis adunco.'
Ex eius avis unus verrucam in extremo naso sitam habuit, ciceris grano similem; inde cognomen Ciceronis genti inditum.
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