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sinus

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Noun

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

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

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

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Synonyms:
venous sinus fistula

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