Meaning

1 senses
  1. Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.

    Nasenbein

    носова́я костьnosovája kostʹ

    носова́ кі́сткаnosová kístka

More definitions
  • an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose

Translations

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Forms

plural: nasal bones

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose:nasalos nasale

See also

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