sinus cavernosus

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   either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity

   Synonymscavernous sinus

   Broadervenous sinus

Questions about sinus cavernosus

What does sinus cavernosus mean?

sinus cavernosus means "either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity".

What is another word for sinus cavernosus?

Close synonyms include cavernous sinus. 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 sinus cavernosus a common word?

sinus cavernosus 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.