nasal indexn.

Brit.

/ˌneɪzl ˈɪndɛks/, U.S.

/ˈneɪz(ə)l ˈɪndɛks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: nasal adj., index n.

Etymology: < nasal adj. + index n., after French indice nasal (P. Broca 1872, in Bull. de la Soc. d'Anthropol. de Paris 7 26).

1. Physical Anthropology. An indicator of nose size and shape obtained by multiplying the ratio of nose breadth to height by 100.The points of measurement, and resulting indices, vary depending on whether they are taken from the head or cranium. The nasal index was formerly used to ascertain a subject's position in a supposed racial or caste hierarchy. It is still used in physical anthropology.

ΚΠ

1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 103 Nasal index.—There is here a considerable variation not bearing out Broca's views, seven only being platyrrhine, five mesorrhine, and the remainder leptorrhine.

1885 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 14 71 Nasal Index... Leptorhine 47.0 and under. Mesorhine 47.1 to 51.0. Platyrhine 51.1 to 58.0. Hyperplatyrhine 58.1 and over.

1892 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. Bombay 2 533 Broca's nasal index was taken on the skeleton. It was reserved for..Professor Topinard..to apply the method to the living subject in the following year.

1931 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 61 86 In a previous paper..I worked out the correlation between the nasal index and climatic conditions in India.

1970 M. Sainsbury tr. L. Dumont Homo Hierarchicus 65 Risley..claimed that he found a simple correlation between the order of castes and the nasal index of their members.

1995 Human Biol. 67 424 Nasal index is negatively correlated with rainfall and positively correlated with mean January temperature.

2. Medicine. A measure of nasal discomfort or affliction in an illness or allergy, calculated by adding scores representing nasal stuffiness, nasal discharge, and sneezing.

ΚΠ

1991 Ann. Allergy 66 330/2 The primary efficacy variables were the mean change from baseline in the daily diary symptom intensity ratings of nasal stuffiness, nasal discharge, sneezing, and nasal index (the sum of the above).

1995 Clin. Therapeutics 17 507 The 110 micrograms/day group had a reduction in these nasal symptoms, but only the sneezing and nasal index were significantly (P less than .05) better than placebo.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nasal index
释义	nasal indexn. Brit. /ˌneɪzl ˈɪndɛks/, U.S. /ˈneɪz(ə)l ˈɪndɛks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: nasal adj., index n. Etymology: < nasal adj. + index n., after French indice nasal (P. Broca 1872, in Bull. de la Soc. d'Anthropol. de Paris 7 26). 1. Physical Anthropology. An indicator of nose size and shape obtained by multiplying the ratio of nose breadth to height by 100.The points of measurement, and resulting indices, vary depending on whether they are taken from the head or cranium. The nasal index was formerly used to ascertain a subject's position in a supposed racial or caste hierarchy. It is still used in physical anthropology. ΚΠ 1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 103 Nasal index.—There is here a considerable variation not bearing out Broca's views, seven only being platyrrhine, five mesorrhine, and the remainder leptorrhine. 1885 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 14 71 Nasal Index... Leptorhine 47.0 and under. Mesorhine 47.1 to 51.0. Platyrhine 51.1 to 58.0. Hyperplatyrhine 58.1 and over. 1892 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. Bombay 2 533 Broca's nasal index was taken on the skeleton. It was reserved for..Professor Topinard..to apply the method to the living subject in the following year. 1931 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 61 86 In a previous paper..I worked out the correlation between the nasal index and climatic conditions in India. 1970 M. Sainsbury tr. L. Dumont Homo Hierarchicus 65 Risley..claimed that he found a simple correlation between the order of castes and the nasal index of their members. 1995 Human Biol. 67 424 Nasal index is negatively correlated with rainfall and positively correlated with mean January temperature. 2. Medicine. A measure of nasal discomfort or affliction in an illness or allergy, calculated by adding scores representing nasal stuffiness, nasal discharge, and sneezing. ΚΠ 1991 Ann. Allergy 66 330/2 The primary efficacy variables were the mean change from baseline in the daily diary symptom intensity ratings of nasal stuffiness, nasal discharge, sneezing, and nasal index (the sum of the above). 1995 Clin. Therapeutics 17 507 The 110 micrograms/day group had a reduction in these nasal symptoms, but only the sneezing and nasal index were significantly (P less than .05) better than placebo. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877
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