superior meatus

superior meatus
superior meatus n a curved relatively short anteroposterior passage on each side of the nose that occupies the middle third of the lateral wall of a nasal cavity between the superior and middle nasal conchae compare INFERIOR MEATUS, MIDDLE MEATUS

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  • meatus of nose — see m. nasi inferior, m. nasi medius, and m. nasi superior …   Medical dictionary

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