sinus
[sahy-nuh s]
- a curve; bend.
- a curving part or recess.
- Anatomy.
- any of various cavities, recesses, or passages, as a hollow in a bone, or a reservoir or channel for venous blood.
- one of the hollow cavities in the skull connecting with the nasal cavities.
- an expanded area in a canal or tube.
- Pathology. a narrow passage leading to an abscess or the like.
- Botany. a small, rounded depression between two projecting lobes, as of a leaf.
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Origin of sinus
1590–1600; < Latin sinus (stem sinu-) bent or curved surface, curve, fold
Iridum
[ir-i-duh m]
- Sinus. Sinus Iridum.
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Examples from the Web for sinus
Contemporary Examples
A fair number explicitly ask for an antibiotic, to cover the possibility that it is “bronchitis” or a “sinus infection.”
Without Education, Antibiotic Resistance Will Be Our Greatest Health CrisisRussell Saunders
December 19, 2014
Benign secondary headaches include headaches associated with the cold, flu, or sinus infections.
First of all, migraines often are misdiagnosed as sinus headaches.
Why Everything from Frigid Temperatures to Lightning Can Induce MigrainesCaitlin Dickson
January 8, 2014
One of the entries reads: “I spoke with a doctor for a long time about my sinus infections.”
Historical Examples
He has no bag like the Hebrew slinger, no sinus like the Roman.
He inserted the glowing jewel in the folds of the sinus of her dress.
A King of TyreJames M. Ludlow
When there is a notch or sinus at the anterior extremity, it is said to be emarginated.
A Conchological ManualGeorge Brettingham Sowerby
The symbol sv for sinus versus occurs in the Clavis of 1631.
William OughtredFlorian Cajori
A process of the face, which enters the notch or sinus of the eye.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
sinus
- anatomy
- any bodily cavity or hollow space
- a large channel for venous blood, esp between the brain and the skull
- any of the air cavities in the cranial bones
- pathol a passage leading to a cavity containing pus
- botany a small rounded notch between two lobes of a leaf, petal, etc
- an irregularly shaped cavity
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin: a curve, bay
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Word Origin and History for sinus
n.
"hollow curve or cavity in the body," early 15c., from Medieval Latin sinus, from Latin sinus "bend, fold, curve, a bent surface; a bay, bight, gulf; a fold in land;" also "fold of the toga about the breast," hence "bosom," and figuratively "love, affection, intimacy; interior, inmost part;" of unknown origin.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sinus
(sī′nəs)- A depression or cavity formed by a bending or curving.
- A channel for the passage of blood or lymph, without the coats of an ordinary vessel, such as the blood passages in the gravid uterus or in the cerebral meninges.
- Any of various air-filled cavities in the bones of the skull, especially one communicating with the nostrils.
- A dilatation in a blood vessel.
- A fistula or tract leading to a pus-filled cavity.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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sinus
[sī′nəs]
- A cavity or hollow space in a bone of the skull, especially one that connects with the nose.
- A channel for the passage of a body fluid, such as blood.
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