maxillary sinus

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   one of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla

   Broadersinus

Questions about maxillary sinus

What does maxillary sinus mean?

maxillary sinus means "one of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla".

Is maxillary sinus a common word?

maxillary 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.