nasalis

/N AE1 S AH0 L IH0 S/
noun
  1. 1

    (anatomy) A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.

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