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oronasal, a. (n.)|ɒrəˈneɪzəl| Also orinasal. [f. oro-, altered f. L. ōri-, comb. form of ōs, ōr- mouth + nasal.] A. adj. Pertaining to the mouth and the nose; spec. of a vowel: Pronounced with the oral and nasal passages both open, so as to resound in the mouth and in the nose simultaneously, as the ‘nasal’ vowels in French. B. n. An oronasal vowel.
1867A. J. Ellis E.E. Pronunc. i. iii. 67 It is very difficult to determine what is the oral basis of the orinasal vowel, so strangely is it modified by the nasal vibration. 1882Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 July 13/1 Metal Respirators. 1. The principal forms made by Jeffries..are three: one for the mouth only..; a second.., for the mouth, with a scarf; and a third, for the mouth and nose (ori-nasal). 1887A. J. Ellis in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 383/2 If the nasal passage is left open at all the vowel is ‘nasalized’, and as it resounds partly in the nose and partly in the mouth it becomes an ‘orinasal’. 1888Martindale Extra Pharmacopœia (ed. 5) 163 (heading) Oro-nasal inhalations. 1892Syd. Soc. Lex., Orinasal fistula, a communication between the nose and the mouth by means of a false passage through the arch of the palate. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 235 Creasote..used for inhalation in an orinasal respirator. 1926Jordan & Kindred Textbk. Embryol. xx. 407 The oronasal groove is obliterated by the fusion of the median nasal and maxillary processes to form the upper lip. 1938Jrnl. Aviation Med. IX. 184/2 Since most aviators breathe through the nose, it would be necessary to use an oronasal type of mask only in the presence of nasal obstruction. 1960J. J. Sharry in W. L. McCracken Partial Denture Construction xxi. 468 The palatal repair itself may look adequate, and yet we find that there may be an oronasal perforation in the labial mucobuccal fold. 1970Jrnl. Physiol. CCVI. 22p (heading) Oronasal distribution of inspiratory flow during various activities. Hence oroˈnasally adv., by means of the mouth and nose.
1970Science 15 May 858/2 In the course of previous experiments, more than 100,000 newborn..mice received reovirus 3 oronasally. |