sinusitis
[ sahy-nuh-sahy-tis ]
/ ˌsaɪ nəˈsaɪ tɪs /
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noun Pathology.
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Example sentences from the Web for sinusitis
When in a case of chronic purulent frontal sinusitis there is pain and fever with a fœtid discharge.
(iii) It is rarely required for acute frontal sinusitis, although it might be used in acute exacerbation of a chronic suppuration.
Molini has followed the history of fifteen private patients with frontal sinusitis, and not operated on, for ten years.
British Dictionary definitions for sinusitis
sinusitis
/ (ˌsaɪnəˈsaɪtɪs) /
noun
inflammation of the membrane lining a sinus, esp a nasal sinus
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Medical definitions for sinusitis
sinusitis
[ sī′nə-sī′tĭs ]
n.
Inflammation of the mucous membrane of a sinus, especially of the paranasal sinuses.
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