(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.
Rhinoscope
Definition:
(n.) A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.
Example Sentences:
(1) The clinical signs and symptoms (hypoacusis, conduction deafness) and the otoscopic and rhinoscopic findings of treated patients improved.
(2) The explanatory values for the rhinoscopical findings of different factors, such as working category age, duration of nickel exposure, grams tobacco smoked per week, and nickel content of nasal mucosa, were evaluated by applying a stepwise multiple regression analysis.
(3) About 25% of the rhinoscopically normal patients were found to have significantly low ("abnormal") flow values on one side.
(4) The importance of the cycle in rhinoscopic assessment, nasal airway obstruction, and breathing disorders of sleep is discussed.
(5) In order to detect a possible influence of hormonal contraception on the development of vasomotor rhinitis, a five-months rhinoscopic survey was conducted on 460 women whose ages ranged from 18 to 40 years.
(6) Electrical stimulation of the human olfactory mucosa was performed by means of an electrode, which was attached to a rhinoscope.
(7) Rhinoscopic and roentgenologic examinations revealed a mass in the ethmoidal and sphenoidal sinuses.
(8) Ninety-eight patients had only rhinoscopic evidence of sinusitis (group I), 84 patients had both rhinoscopic and radiographic evidence of sinusitis (group II), and 64 patients had neither rhinoscopic nor radiographic evidence of sinusitis (group III).
(9) Acoustic rhinometric curves can only be interpreted in combination with the rhinoscopic findings because different pathological conditions can produce similar curves.
(10) The rhinoscopical findings of the exposed workers and control persons are emphasizing the case history details.
(11) Compared to it the glass fibre endoscopy requires longer working time and the topographical orientation is rendered more difficult with the technique being available in the same manner as post-rhinoscopic endo-photographic documentation of findings.
(12) The higher the weight of the child, the lower the incidence of common cold and the fewer pathological rhinoscopical findings.
(13) Based on rhinorheomanometric examinations supplemented by rhinoscopic and histological findings, evidence could be provided that an allergy of type IV in the Coombs and Gell classification can be challenged in the nasal mucous membrane as well.
(14) Rhinoscopic evidence of nasal deformity could not be used to predict an increase in nasal resistance since many patients with rhinoscopically abnormal noses had "normal" nasal resistances.
(15) Number of years from first employment at the nickel refinery and tobacco consumption were the only explanatory factors that showed a statistically significant correlation to the rhinoscopical findings.
(16) No distinct association was established between rhinoscopical findings and epithelial dysplasia found by histological examination.
(17) A complete endoscopic sinus work-up can often identify surgically correctable sinusitis despite normal routine rhinoscopic and plain-film examination.
(18) Rhinoscopic examination should be accurate and carried out optically to check for any congenital malformation (meningocele).
(19) Assessment of nasal patency by the recording of nasal symptom scores was compared with an objective method of determining nasal airway area using a fiberoptic rhinoscope.
(20) We devised a steel instrument, vaguely resembling a rhinoscope, composed of two semicones.