Associations to the word «Paranasal»

Wiktionary

PARANASAL, adjective. Of or relating to the paranasal sinuses, a group of four paired air-filled spaces that surround the nasal cavity.
PARANASAL SINUS, noun. (anatomy) A number of air-filled spaces, or sinuses, within the bones of the skull and face.
PARANASAL SINUSES, noun. Plural of paranasal sinus

Dictionary definition

PARANASAL, adjective. Adjacent to the nasal cavities; "paranasal sinus".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats