Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the nasal and frontal bones.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the nasal bone and the frontal bone: as, the nasofrontal suture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Relating to the
nose and theforehead . - adjective anatomy Relating to the
nasal andfrontal bones .
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Examples
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It receives the veins of the ala nasi, and communicates with the superior ophthalmic vein through the nasofrontal vein, thus establishing an important anastomosis between the anterior facial vein and the cavernous sinus.
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The Superior Ophthalmic Vein (v. ophthalmica superior) begins at the inner angle of the orbit in a vein named the nasofrontal which communicates anteriorly with the angular vein; it pursues the same course as the ophthalmic artery, and receives tributaries corresponding to the branches of that vessel.
hernesheir commented on the word nasofrontal
frontonasal
December 29, 2010