sinus rectus

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   an unpaired sinus of the dura mater

   Synonymsstraight sinustentorial sinus

   Broadervenous sinus

Questions about sinus rectus

What does sinus rectus mean?

sinus rectus means "an unpaired sinus of the dura mater".

What is another word for sinus rectus?

Close synonyms include straight sinus, tentorial 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 rectus a common word?

sinus rectus 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.