coronary sinus

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   a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium

   Synonymssinus coronarius

   Broadervenous sinus

Questions about coronary sinus

What does coronary sinus mean?

coronary sinus means "a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium".

What is another word for coronary sinus?

Close synonyms include sinus coronarius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coronary sinus a common word?

coronary sinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.