See Also: frontonasal duct(medicine)
frontonasal(medicine)
frontonasal primordium(medicine)
frontonasal process(medicine)
frontonasal prominence(medicine)
frontonasal suture(medicine)
duct(dictionary)
Duct(health)
duct(2)(dictionary)
duct(1)(dictionary)

suction (oh) and frontonasal duct (medicine)


suction (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Late Latin; Origin: suctio, from Latin sugere 'to suck']
the process of removing air or liquid from an enclosed space so that another substance is sucked in, or so that two surfaces stick together
::My vacuum cleaner has very good suction.
::a suction pump
the force that causes a substance to be sucked into a closed space when the air or liquid already present is removed

frontonasal duct (medicine)


frontonasal duct


The passage that leads downward from the frontal sinus to open into the ethmoidal infundibulum.