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n. (nasal cavity English)
Usage examples of "nasal cavities".
Didn't ask anything, not so much from booze-tangled tongues as from a stuffiness-by-induction in the nasal cavities.
He enlarged the face to the same size, enhanced the shadows so that flesh melted and eyes sank into hollows, placed white darts on the skull at jaw and crown of the skull, at the outside points of the brow, within the orbital and nasal cavities, across the cheekbones and the corners of the mandible.
When a cold in the nose swells the mucous membrane of the upper nasal cavities and deadens the smell-receptors under a layer of mucus and fluid, the sense of smell may blank out temporarily through the sheer physical inability of vapors to make contact with the sensory area.
These are essentially baffles lined with mucous membranes in the nasal cavities that impart a swirling motion to inhaled air, causing any airborne dust to smack into the membranes and go no further.
The open nasal cavities did nothing to improve the thing's appearance, but with a rounded forehead, overhanging brows, and hideously-skewed jaw, it would have been grotesque even with a nose.
Blood was draining from his nasal cavities into his throat, nearly choking him.
The smell of sweet, burned human flesh filled his nasal cavities as he leaned up against the door, and through the thick soundproofing of the metal he could just about discern some quiet whimpering and shuffling.
He took care to breathe solely through his nose, letting his vast nasal cavities humidify and warm the crisp air before it was drawn into his lungs.
She lit up, and Hiram watched the smoke swirl inside her nasal cavities when she inhaled.
The doctor examined Marius, and, after having determined that the pulse still beat, that the sufferer had no wound penetrating his breast, and that the blood at the corners of his mouth came from the nasal cavities, he had him laid flat upon the bed, without a pillow, his head on a level with his body, and even a little lower, with his chest bare, in order to facilitate respiration.
But one of the variations of a particular species was in the shape of the mouth and nasal cavities, facilitating the production of a range of vocal sounds beyond the capacity of any other creature, and corollary development of the brain to process speech sounds.