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SINUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sinus" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sinus"):
cavernous sinus; sinus cavernosus (either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity)
coronary sinus; sinus coronarius (a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium)
sigmoid sinus; sinus sigmoideus (an S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones)
sinus rectus; straight sinus; tentorial sinus (an unpaired sinus of the dura mater)
sinus transversus; transverse sinus (a paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("sinus" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sinus"):
ethmoid sinus; ethmoidal sinus; sinus ethmoidales (a sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose))
frontal sinus (one of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone)
maxillary sinus (one of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla)
nasal sinus; paranasal sinus; sinus paranasales (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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
Synonyms:
fistula; sinus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("sinus" is a kind of...):
passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)
Context examples:
They include the oral cavity, sinonasal tract, pharynx, pyriform sinus, larynx, trachea, and esophagus.
(Aerodigestive tract, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.
(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called: Paranasal Sinus Cancer, Cancer of the nasal cavity, Cancer of the paranasal sinus
(Nasal Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.
(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.
(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer Pathologic TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.
(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A chronic cough may be caused by allergies, sinus infections, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), or other conditions.
(Chronic cough, NCI Dictionary)
An intracranial venous sinus that lies in a superior and midline location above the interhemispheric fissure along the superior border of the falx cerebri of the brain.
(Murine Superior Sagittal Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.
(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent exhibits antiarrhythmic activity via the impairment of atrioventricular (AV) node conduction and a corresponding reduction in sinus rate.
(Nadolol, NCI Thesaurus)
