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NASAL CAVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nasal cavity" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Meronyms (parts of "nasal cavity"):
neuroepithelium (epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings)
Holonyms ("nasal cavity" is a part of...):
upper respiratory tract (the nose and throat and trachea)
nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)
Context examples:
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck includes cancers of the nasal cavity, sinuses, lips, mouth, salivary glands, throat, and larynx (voice box).
(Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)
A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the nasal cavity.
(Benign Nasal Cavity Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant epithelial neoplasm arising in the nasal cavity.
(Nasal Cavity Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the nasal cavity.
(Nasal Cavity Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
Cancer that arises in the head or neck region (in the nasal cavity, sinuses, lips, mouth, salivary glands, throat, or larynx [voice box]).
(Head and Neck Cancer, NCI Dictionary)
A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from any of the following anatomic sites: lip and oral cavity, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx, and salivary glands.
(Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples of benign neoplasms include salivary gland pleomorphic adenoma and nasal cavity papilloma.
(Head and Neck Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.
(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.
(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, keratinizing or non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma arising from the mucosal epithelium of the nasal cavity or the paranasal sinuses.
(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
