"nasal cavity" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nasal cavity.wav Forms: nasal cavities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nasal cavity (plural nasal cavities)
  1. (anatomy) In higher vertebrates, a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face. Wikipedia link: nasal cavity Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (air-filled space behind nose): جوف الأنف (Arabic), sudur-hobi (Basque), kavenn ar fri [feminine] (Breton), fossa nasal [feminine] (Catalan), cavitat nasal [feminine] (Catalan), 鼻腔 (bíqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), nosní dutina [feminine] (Czech), neusholte (Dutch), nenäontelo (Finnish), cavité nasale (French), Nasenhöhle [feminine] (German), ρινική κοιλότητα (rinikí koilótita) [feminine] (Greek), orrüreg (Hungarian), cuas na sróine [masculine] (Irish), cavità nasali (Italian), 鼻腔 (alt: びこう, bikō; びくう, bikū) (Japanese), 비강 (bigang) (Korean), cavitās nāsī [feminine] (Latin), pongāhau (Maori), difinekelên (Northern Kurdish), jama nosowa (Polish), cavitate nazală [feminine] (Romanian), chava dal nas [feminine] (Romansch), носова́я по́лость (nosovája pólostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fosa nasal [feminine] (Spanish), näshåla [common-gender] (Swedish), носова́ порожни́на (nosová porožnýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), khoang mũi (Vietnamese)

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