postnasal

[ pohst-ney-zuhl ]

adjective
  1. located or occurring behind the nose or in the nasopharynx, as a flow of mucus; nasopharyngeal: a postnasal infection.

Origin of postnasal

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; post- + nasal1

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