Nasal Explained

Nasal is an adjective referring to the nose, part of human or animal anatomy. It may also be shorthand for the following uses in combination:

With reference to the human nose:
- Nasal administration, a method of pharmaceutical drug delivery
- Nasal emission, the abnormal passing of oral air through a palatal cleft, or from some other type of pharyngeal inadequacy
- Nasal hair, the hair in the nose
With reference to phonetics:
- Nasalization, the production of a sound with a lowered velum, allowing some of the air to escape through the nose; the resulting being either:
  - a nasal consonant, or
  - a nasal vowel
With reference to the nose of humans or other animals:
- Nasal bone, two small oblong bones placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face, and form, by their junction, "the bridge" of the nose
- Nasal cavity, a large air filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face
- Nasal concha, a long, narrow and curled bone shelf which protrudes into the breathing passage of the nose
- Nasal scale of reptiles

Other uses

Nasal, the medieval term for the nose guard of a helmet, such as in a nasal helm
Năsal, a village in Țaga Commune, Cluj County, Romania
Nasal language, Sumatra