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| This is all wrong, boogers are things in your nose and eye | |||
| :''"Snot" and "Booger" redirect here. For other uses, see ] and ], respectively. | |||
| to say it is nasal mucus is ignorant | |||
| '''Nasal mucus''' is ] from the ]. Nasal mucus is produced by the ], and serves to protect the respiratory tract. Nasal mucus is produced continually, and most of it is swallowed unconsciously. | |||
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| Increased mucus production in the respiratory tract is a symptom of many common diseases, such as the ]. The presence of mucus in the ] and ] is normal, but increased quantities can impede comfortable breathing and must be cleared by ] or ] excess mucus from the back of the throat. Nasal mucus may also be removed by by using traditional methods of ]. In Western societies, it is more common to treat excess mucus with drugs such as ]. | |||
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| In medical terminology, a piece of dry or semi-dry nasal mucus is known as a '''rhinolith'''. | |||
| Rhinoliths form when the mucus traps ] and other particles in the air. Mucus dries around the particle and hardens, somewhat like a ] forming in an ]. Since catching foreign particles is one of the main functions of nasal mucus, the presence of rhinoliths is a good indicator of a properly functioning nose (as opposed to a "]", which can indicate illness). | |||
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| Dried nasal mucus is often removed by ], a common activity which is socially ] in most cultures. | |||
| The social taboos regarding nasal mucus have also led to a wide variety of slang terms for nasal mucus and rhinoliths, including "snot" for nasal mucus, and "booger(s)" (US) or "bogey(s)" (UK) for rhinoliths. | |||
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Revision as of 13:05, 16 June 2006
This is all wrong, boogers are things in your nose and eye
to say it is nasal mucus is ignorant
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