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Nasal vs Dejecta - What's the difference?

nasal | dejecta |

As nouns the difference between nasal and dejecta

is that nasal is nasal consonant while dejecta is any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the bodygordh and headrick (2011) a dictionary of entomology'' [http://booksgooglecom/books?id=9icmceajp6cc&pg=pa421 p421][http://wwwthefreedictionarycom/dejecta ''dejecta''] at ''thefreedictionary'' dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so ondhaar (‎2008) ''foundations of community medicine , 2/e.

nasal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose.
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  • (phonetics) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng; characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously, such as m'' and ''n .
  • (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  • (phonetics) A nasal vowel or consonant.
  • Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
  • * 1909 , Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor , page 78,
    • The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 463:
    • Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.
  • (anatomy) One of the nasal bones.
  • (zoology) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * nasal bone (anatomy) * nasal cavity (anatomy) * nasal fossa (anatomy) * nasal index (anatomy) * nasal vowel (phonetics)

    Anagrams

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    dejecta

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body.Gordh and Headrick (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology'' p.421][http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dejecta ''dejecta'' at ''thefreedictionary'' Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.Dhaar (?2008) ''Foundations of Community Medicine , 2/e
    • p.362]Mavis Kirkham ?(2007) Exploring the Dirty Side of Women's Health [http://books.google.com/books?id=b8eF2w1GwbUC&pg=PA35 p.35
  • excrements
    • the dejecta of the sick
    (Webster 1913)

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