| NOUN | body | sinus, fistula | an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface |
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| body | sinus | any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull | |
| body | sinus, venous sinus | a wide channel containing blood |
| Sounds | say'nahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface. | |
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| Synonym | fistula | |
| Broader | passage, passageway | A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass |
| Spanish | fístula | |
| Catalan | fístula | |
| Meaning | Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull. | |
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| Narrower | ethmoid sinus, ethmoidal sinus, sinus ethmoidales | A sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose) |
| frontal sinus | One of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone | |
| maxillary sinus | One of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla | |
| paranasal sinus, sinus paranasales, nasal sinus | Any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities | |
| Broader | cavity, bodily cavity, cavum | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body |
| Spanish | seno | |
| Catalan | si | |
| Meaning | A wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel. | |
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| Synonym | venous sinus | |
| Narrower | cavernous sinus, sinus cavernosus | Either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity |
| coronary sinus, sinus coronarius | A short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart | |
| sigmoid sinus, sinus sigmoideus | An S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones | |
| straight sinus, tentorial sinus, sinus rectus | An unpaired sinus of the dura mater | |
| transverse sinus, sinus transversus | A paired dural sinus | |
| Broader | duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel | A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance |
| Spanish | seno venoso | |
| Catalan | si d'una vena | |
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