Nasal is an adjective referring to the nose, part of human or animal anatomy. It may also be shorthand for the following uses in combination: referring to pp With reference to the human nose: Nasal administration, a method of pharmaceutical drug delivery Nasal emission, the abnormal passing of oral air through a palatal cleft, or from some other type of pharyngeal inadequacy Nasal hair, the hair in the nose With reference to phonetics: Nasalization, the production of a sound with a lowered velum, allowing some of the air to escape through the nose; the resulting being either: a nasal consonant, or a nasal vowel With reference to the nose of humans or other animals: Nasal bone, two small oblong bones placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face, and form, by their junction, "the bridge" of the nose Nasal cavity, a large air filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face Nasal concha, a long, narrow and curled bone shelf which protrudes into the breathing passage of the nose Nasal scale of reptiles.