Associations to the word «Sinus»

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

SINUS, noun. (botany) A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.

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

SINUS, noun. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

SINUS, noun. An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface.

SINUS, noun. Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull.

SINUS, noun. A wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel.