nasal sinus

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsparanasal sinussinus paranasales

   Broadersinus

Questions about nasal sinus

What does nasal sinus mean?

nasal sinus means "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".

What is another word for nasal sinus?

Close synonyms include paranasal sinus, sinus paranasales. 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 nasal sinus a common word?

nasal 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.