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meatus
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meatus [mē′ād·əs]
(anatomy)
A natural opening or passage in the body.
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Suction examination is useful to confirm the diagnosis of nasal polyps and to detect hidden polyps in the nasal meatus and behind the turbinates.
Endoscopic view of the sites of origin of nasal polyps by Yanagisawa, Ray / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
In patients in whom it is curved medially to a greater extent than usual, the free margin of the uncinate process can protrude into and sometimes in some patients even out of the middle nasal meatus.
Anatomy of the uncinate process by Yanagisawa, Eiji / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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