transverse sinus

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   a paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus

   Synonymssinus transversus

   Broadervenous sinus

Questions about transverse sinus

What does transverse sinus mean?

transverse sinus means "a paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus".

What is another word for transverse sinus?

Close synonyms include sinus transversus. 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 transverse sinus a common word?

transverse 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.