tentorial sinus

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   an unpaired sinus of the dura mater

   Synonymsstraight sinussinus rectus

   Broadervenous sinus

Questions about tentorial sinus

What does tentorial sinus mean?

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

What is another word for tentorial sinus?

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

tentorial 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.