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noun
A small muscle of each side of the upper lip that is inserted into the nasal septum and wing of the nose on each side and constricts the nasal opening by drawing the wing downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depressor
History
Borrowed from New Latin dēpressor sēptī nāsī (“depressor of the septum of the nose”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
