Thesaurus: sinus

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1. pl. of Sinus
2. n. An opening; a hollow; a bending.
3. n. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
4. n. A cavity; a depression.
5. n. A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening.
6. n. A dilated vessel or canal.
7. n. A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice.
8. n. A depression between adjoining lobes.
9. n. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
10. n. any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
11. n. a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel