sinus - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel

Synonyms

• sinus
• venous sinus

More generic

• canal
• channel
• duct
• epithelial duct

More specific

• cavernous sinus
• coronary sinus
• sigmoid sinus
• sinus cavernosus
• sinus coronarius
• sinus rectus
• sinus sigmoideus
• sinus transversus
• straight sinus
• tentorial sinus
• transverse sinus

Noun

any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull

Synonyms

• sinus

More generic

• bodily cavity
• cavity
• cavum

More specific

• ethmoid sinus
• ethmoidal sinus
• frontal sinus
• maxillary sinus
• nasal sinus
• paranasal sinus
• sinus ethmoidales
• sinus paranasales

Noun

an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

Synonyms

• fistula
• sinus

More generic

• passage
• passageway

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