nasal cavity

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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.

Translations

air-filled space behind nose

• Arabic: جوف الأنف
• Basque: sudur-hobi
• Breton: kavenn ar fri f
• Catalan: fossa nasal (ca) f, cavitat nasal (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻腔 (zh) (bíqiāng)

• Czech: nosní dutina f
• Dutch: neusholte (nl)
• Finnish: nenäontelo (fi)
• French: cavité nasale (fr)
• German: Nasenhöhle (de) f
• Greek: ρινική κοιλότητα (el) f (rinikí koilótita)
• Hungarian: orrüreg (hu)
• Irish: cuas na sróine m
• Italian: cavità nasali
• Japanese: 鼻腔 (ja) (びこう, bikō; びくう, bikū)
• Korean: 비강 (bigang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: difinekelên

• Latin: cavitās nāsī f
• Maori: pongāhau
• Polish: jama nosowa
• Romanian: cavitate nazală f
• Romansch: chava dal nas f
• Russian: носова́я по́лость f (nosovája pólostʹ)
• Spanish: fosa nasal (es) f
• Swedish: näshåla (sv) c
• Ukrainian: носова́ порожни́на f (nosová porožnýna)
• Vietnamese: khoang mũi