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sinus
| sinus cavernosus
| sinus coronarius
| sinus ethmoidales
| sinus headache
| sinus paranasales
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sinus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sinus has 3 senses
- sinus(n = noun.body) fistula - an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface; Array is a kind of passage, passageway
- sinus(n = noun.body) Array - any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull; Array has particulars: ethmoid sinus, ethmoidal sinus, sinus ethmoidales, frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, nasal sinus, paranasal sinus, sinus paranasales
- sinus(n = noun.body) venous sinus - a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel; Array is a kind of canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct
is a kind of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
has particulars: cavernous sinus, sinus cavernosus, coronary sinus, sinus coronarius, sigmoid sinus, sinus sigmoideus, sinus rectus, straight sinus, tentorial sinus, sinus transversus, transverse sinus
CIDE DICTIONARY
sinus, n. [L., a bent surface, a curve, the folds or bosom of a garment, etc., a bay. Cf. Sine, n. ].
- An opening; a hollow; a bending. [1913 Webster]
- A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore. [1913 Webster]
- A cavity; a depression. [1913 Webster]
- A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice. [1913 Webster]
- A depression between adjoining lobes. [1913 Webster]" A sinus may be rounded, as in the leaf of the white oak, or acute, as in that of the red maple." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sinus, n.
1 a cavity of bone or tissue, esp. in the skull connecting with the nostrils.
2 Med. a fistula esp. to a deep abscess.
3 Bot. the curve between the lobes of a leaf.
1 a cavity of bone or tissue, esp. in the skull connecting with the nostrils.
2 Med. a fistula esp. to a deep abscess.
3 Bot. the curve between the lobes of a leaf.
Etymology
L, = bosom, recess
THESAURUS
sinus
alveolation, alveolus, antrum, arc, armpit, basin, bow, bowl, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, cavity, circle, concave, concavity, conchoid, crater, crook, crypt, cup, curl, curve, depression, diacaustic, dip, ellipse, festoon, fold, follicle, funnel chest, hole, hollow, hollow shell, hook, hyperbola, lacuna, lituus, parabola, pit, pocket, punch bowl, scoop, shell, sink, socket, tracery, trough, vugROGET THESAURUS
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Concavity
N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.
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