Medical Dictionary

middle meatus

noun

Medical Definition of MIDDLE MEATUS

:  a curved anteroposterior passage in each nasal cavity that is situated below the middle nasal concha and extends along the entire superior border of the inferior nasal concha—compare inferior meatus, superior meatus

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