located or occurring within the nose, or taken through the nose
intranasal in American English
(ˌintrəˈneizəl)
adjective
occurring within or administered through the nose
Derived forms
intranasally
adverb
Word origin
[1885–90; intra- + nasal1]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, lineup, reactor, seminar, toner
Examples of 'intranasal' in a sentence
intranasal
These animals are highly susceptible to intranasal infection with wild-type measles strains.
Caroline I. Sellin, Jean-François Jégou, Joëlle Renneson, Johan Druelle, T. FabianWild, Julien C. Marie, Branka Horvat 2009, 'Interplay between Virus-Specific Effector Response and Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells inMeasles Virus Immunopathogenesis', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0004948. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Yet, upon intravenous or intranasal infection, it was still as virulent as the wild-type strain.
Ayelet Zauberman, Avital Tidhar, Yinon Levy, Erez Bar-Haim, Gideon Halperin, YehudaFlashner, Sara Cohen, Avigdor Shafferman, Emanuelle Mamroud 2009, 'Yersinia pestis Endowed with Increased Cytotoxicity Is Avirulent in a Bubonic PlagueModel and Induces Rapid Protection against Pneumonic Plague', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0005938. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Intranasal antihistamines appear to improve congestion better than oral forms.
Eli O Meltzer, Fernan Caballero, Leonard M Fromer, et al 2010, 'Treatment of congestion in upper respiratory diseases', International Journal of General Medicinehttp://www.dovepress.com/treatment-of-congestion-in-upper-respiratory-diseases-a3981. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After intranasal infection, the primary pathologic changes were in the lungs and pleural cavity.
Shu-Yuan Xiao, Elena Sbrana, Douglas M. Watts, Marina Siirin, Amelia P.A. Travassosda Rosa, Robert B. Tesh 2005, 'Experimental Infection of Prairie Dogs with Monkeypox Virus', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/4/04-0907_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two separate experiments were conducted in which the time of intranasal oxytocin administration differed.
Micah D. Renicker, Nicholas Cysewski, Samuel Palmer, Dmytro Nakonechnyy, Andrew Keef,Morgan Thomas, Krisztian Magori, David P. Daberkow 2018, 'Ameliorating Impact of Prophylactic Intranasal Oxytocin on Signs of Fear in a RatModel of Traumatic Stress', Frontiers in Behavioral Neurosciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00105/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Second-generation oral antihistamines and intranasal corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment.
Peter Small, Paul K. Keith, Harold Kim 2018, 'Allergic rhinitis', Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13223-018-0280-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)