nasal bone
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- noun
- /ˈneɪzəl boʊn/
- Specialized
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hueso nasal
- After the accident, she had surgery to repair a fractured nasal bone.
- nasal bone asymmetry
- subtle nasal bone
Examples
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Aneurysmal cysts feature blood-filled cavernous spaces lined with fibroblasts and osteoclast-like giant cells; they are rarely seen in the nasal bone.
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There is a flattening of the prominence at the junction of the bony portion of the nasal bone and the cartilaginous septum.
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There are many instruments available to perform these cuts in the nasal bones.
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"The entire cartilage of the nose is gone, "the nasal bone exposed.
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It did not possess a nasal bone.
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Any of these techniques should succeed in lining up this fragment with the other parts of the nasal bones.
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Two of the 21 patients had concomitant nasal bone fractures that did not preclude their enrollment in the study.
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Patients were considered to be candidates if they had isolated, subtle, nasal bone asymmetry and declined a secondary surgical rhinoplasty procedure.
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When a nasal bone twists or curves abnormally, multiple osteotomies must be used to create multiple fractures.
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When irregularities are felt on the anterior or lateral surfaces of the nasal bones and nasomaxillary processes, it is probable that trauma has taken place (although often the patient offers no history of such trauma).
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'nasal' (relating to the nose) modifies 'bone', yielding 'bone of the nose' (the bridge area). The meaning follows normal modifier+head composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Nasal bone comes from a simple picture: nasal means 'of the nose' and bone is the hard part under the skin, so nasal bone is one of the two small bones that make the bridge of the nose.