nasolacrimal
/ˌneɪ.zoʊˈlæk.ɹəm.əl/adjective
nasolacrimal is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to the nose and the lacrimal apparatus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-S-O-L-A-C-R-I-M-A-L and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does nasolacrimal mean?
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the nose and the lacrimal apparatus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce nasolacrimal?
- UK /ˌneɪ.zə(ʊ)ˈlak.ɹɪm.əl/
- US /ˌneɪ.zoʊˈlæk.ɹəm.əl/
Nasolacrimal has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of nasolacrimal
- nasolachrymal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nasolacrimal?
Nasolacrimal appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does nasolacrimal come from?
From naso- + lacrimal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).