paranasal

1. 1.

   adjacent to the nasal cavities

   “paranasal sinus”

Questions about paranasal

What does paranasal mean?

paranasal means "adjacent to the nasal cavities".

How many syllables are in paranasal?

paranasal has 4 syllables: pa-ra-na-sal. The stress falls on "ra".

Is paranasal a common word?

paranasal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.