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Definition of Sinus

1. Noun. An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface.

2. Noun. Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull.

3. Noun. A wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel.

Definition of Sinus

1. n. An opening; a hollow; a bending.

Definition of Sinus

1. Noun. (anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus. ¹

2. Noun. (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sinus

1. a cranial cavity [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Sinus

1. A notch, depression or cavity on the surface of an organ. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinus

sinuation sinuations sinuatrial sinuatrial chamber sinuatrial nodal artery sinuatrial node sinuitis sinuose sinuosities sinuosity

sinuous sinuously sinuousness sinuousnesses sinupalliate sinus (current term) sinus alae parvae sinus anales sinus aortae sinus arrest

sinus arrhythmia sinus barotrauma sinus bradycardia sinus caroticus sinus cavernosus sinus circularis sinus coronarius sinus durae matris sinus ethmoidales

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