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subˈnasal, a.
1. [sub- 1 b.] Anat. (See quots.)
1882A. Thomson et al. Quain's Elem. Anat. (ed. 9) I. 80 Subnasal or spinal point, the middle of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture at the base of the nasal spine. 1951B. Z. Seligman N. & Q. Anthrop. (R. Anthrop. Inst.) (ed. 6) i. 11 Nasal height,..the distance between the nasion, which is the point of junction of the nasal and frontal bones in the midline, and the subnasal point, which is the point at which the lower end of the nasal septum meets the upper lip.
2. [sub- 19.] Not quite or somewhat nasal in tone. rare—1.
1936R. Lehmann Weather in Streets i. ii. 39 Cool voice, with an edge of sub-nasal gentility. |