Usage Note
Nasenschleimhaut is the moist lining inside the nasal cavity. Swelling of the Nasenschleimhaut is the hallmark of colds and hay fever; nasal sprays (abschwellende Nasensprays) are advertised as relieving this swelling.
Examples
"Bei Heuschnupfen schwillt die Nasenschleimhaut stark an."
Natural Translation
With hay fever, the nasal mucosa swells considerably.
Literal Translation
At hay-fever swells the nasal-mucous-membrane strongly on.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
Explore German by topic
