(n.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
(n.) The power of smelling; hence, scent.
(n.) A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
(v. t.) To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
(v. t.) To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
(v. t.) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
(v. i.) To smell; to sniff; to scent.
(v. i.) To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jonker kept sticking his nose in the corner and not really cooperating, but then came a moment of stillness.
(2) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
(3) These data suggest that basophilic cell function in the superficial mucous layer in the nose is of greater significance in the development of nasal symptoms in response to nasal allergy than either mucociliary activity or nasal mucosal hypersensitivity to histamine.
(4) Body weight (BW) and nose-tail length were less in the hypoxic exposed (H) rats than in control (C) animals growing in air.
(5) It’s the same story over and over.” Children’s author Philip Ardagh , who told the room he once worked as an “unprofessional librarian” in Lewisham, said: “Closing down a library is like filing off the end of a swordfish’s nose: pointless.” 'Speak up before there's nothing left': authors rally for National Libraries Day Read more “Today proves that support for public libraries comes from all walks of life and it’s not rocket science to work out why.
(6) Segmental function was diminished an average of 67.8% in "noses" and 46.6% in "bridges".
(7) Most symptoms come from the ciliated airways (nose, paranasal sinuses, and bronchs) and from the middle ear.
(8) Although they were born at different periods of the year, the calves in all three groups had similar bacterial loads in their noses and tracheas when they were 1 day old (P greater than 0.05).
(9) Generated droplets were dried in line and led to an inhalation chamber from which the dry aerosol was inhaled using a nose or mouth inhalation unit.
(10) A review of the literature reveals that the numerous procedures now available to repair the nose had already been devised by the middle of the nineteenth century in Germany and France as well as in England.
(11) An initial nasal allergen challenge was followed by a rechallenge of the nose with allergen 24 h later using a lavage technique.
(12) Sometimes the way the MP [military policeman] holds the head chokes me, and with all the nerves in the nose the tube passing the nose is like torture,” Dhiab said in a legal filing.
(13) Transposition of prolabium not required in the definitive lip repair into the floor of the nose permits subsequent columellar construction.
(14) The symptoms might be due to increased parasympathetic activity to the nose with the release of vaso-secretory active substances.
(15) Most infections have flu-like symptoms including fever, coughing, sore throat, runny nose, and aches and pains.
(16) The observation of high levels of xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme activity in the olfactory mucosa has produced speculation on the functional significance of these enzymes in the nose.
(17) The results of numerous microbiological investigations of sputa, nose and throat swabs before and during the long-term study are interpreted under certain aspects and questioning.
(18) But a eurosnob is generally someone who only watches European soccer and looks down his or her nose at MLS.
(19) Pretreatment of the lower airways with inhaled atropine did not affect the magnitude of the changes in Ru after inhalation of OA through the nose but significantly attenuated the response of the lower airways.
(20) A significant decrease was shown for the difference in upper and lower lip pressures between nose breathing and mouth breathing, whereas there was a significant increase in pressure when the subject extended the head 5 degrees during mouth breathing.
Rhinology
Definition:
(n.) The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fifty-eight central nervous system complications were noted in 39 pediatric patients with a primary oto-rhinological infection.
(2) All LTG patients met the following criteria, (1) glaucomatous optic nerve head change and corresponding visual field defect, (2) normal open angle, (3) IOP less than or equal to 21mmHg at any time of IOP measurement, (4) no obvious neurological or rhinological disorders that could affect the optic nerve, (5) no history of hemodynamic crisis or cardiovascular disorders except mild hypertension.
(3) examination was unconclusive for a possible relationship between rhinological findings, mode of breathing, sinusitis, size of tonsils, nasal airway resistance and tubal function.
(4) It is imperative that rhinologic surgeons have an understanding and appreciation of the complex patterns of sensory and autonomic innervation of the nose to better evaluate the medical, allergic, and surgical treatment of acute and chronic rhinitis and sinusitis.
(5) The described method could become a rhinologic routine procedure in patients with chronic epiphora.
(6) Environmental noxious agents initiate hyper-reflectoric reactions of the mucosa, which seems to be the most impressive factor causing the change in rhinological diseases nowadays.
(7) The patient was suspected to have rhinologic brain abscess.
(8) Intranasal ethmoidectomy is a safe procedure that provides predictable, positive surgical results when accomplished by a knowledgeable rhinologic surgeon.
(9) It was found to be a true advance in rhinology, since it visualizes and localizes the site of the obstruction which is classified into pre-choanal, and post-choanal.
(10) This study compared the relationship between saccharin clearance time and ciliary beat frequency in 44 patients attending a rhinology clinic.
(11) The authors report their 17-year experience of total ethmoidectomy using a combined rhinological and neurosurgical approach.
(12) The use of these measuring instruments for rhinology was also attempted.
(13) At the 1976 Southern Sectional Meeting of American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., a color movie presenting two cases on the "diagnosis and treatment of glomus jugulare tumors of the middle ear and mastoid" was shown.
(14) Numerous reports provide evidence to support the use of an extracranial rhinologic approach for surgical repair of the leak, as a more successful yet less morbid procedure than a craniotomy when used appropriately.
(15) In rhinology, electron microscopy has been a useful research tool for the past 15 years, but provided only a few direct clinical applications.
(16) In accordance to fundamental rhinologic rules following surgical intervention in the sphenoid sinus there should be established a persistent access from the nasal cavity by mucosal grafting.
(17) Recurrent nasal polyposis is one of the most common problem in clinical rhinology.
(18) Otolaryngology resident education has developed into a progressively structured educational experience so that presently otolaryngology resident education is a broad experience in head and neck oncology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, otology, laryngology, rhinology, allergy and immunology, bronchoesophagology, teaching and research.
(19) This allows direct midline access to the sphenoid sinus and sella turcica while preserving both the caudal end of the nasal septum and the anterior nasal spine, thereby minimizing rhinologic airway and cosmetic complications.
(20) The involvement at the loco-regional level of short circuits ensuring the anatomical links between the vegetative, sensitive and cellular systems of the nasal mucosa is the basis of a new approach to chronic rhinological pathologies and certain facial algias.