nasalis

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/, /neɪˈseɪ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪs

nasalis (plural nasales)

1. (anatomy) A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.

• “nasalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Salians, Salinas, salinas

From nāsus (“nose”) +‎ -ālis (“of or pertaining to”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /naːˈsaː.lis/, [näːˈs̠äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /naˈsa.lis/, [näˈs̬äːlis]

nāsālis (neuter nāsāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) nasal

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• nāsāle
• vōmeronāsālis

• → English: nasalis