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Definition of Nasal sinus
1. Noun. Any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasal Sinus
Literary usage of Nasal sinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diagnostics of the Fundus Oculi by Edward Leroy Oatman (1920)
"NEURITIS IN nasal sinus DISEASE. Discovery of the relation between diseases of
the accessory nasal sinuses and diseases of the eye marked an important ..."
2. Medical Ophthalmology by Arnold Herman Knapp (1918)
"DISEASES OF THE NASAL ACCESSORY CAVITIES The ocular complications of nasal sinus
disease can be best described by regions. Orbit. ..."
3. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"... gland in front of eye No lachrymal-nasal sinus in skull Withers much higher
than hips; horns rounded at the base, projecting straight backward, ..."
4. Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions (1917)
"Persons having had nasal sinus complications, or purulent otitis media, may retain
concealed foci of septic absorption that will cause rheumatic ..."