sinus
English
/ˈsaɪnəs/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.
- (anatomy) A channel for transmitting venous blood.
- (botany) A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.
- (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue.
- A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sinus (bosom, curve, pocket, breast).
Origin
Latin
sinus
Gloss
bosom, curve, pocket, breast
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
曲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerosinusitis English
- barosinusitis English
- extrasinus English
- intrasinus English
- nasosinusitis English
- nonsinus English
- pansinusitis English
- pansinusopathy English
- parasinus English
- polysinusitis English
- rhinosinusitis English
- sine English
- sinusitis English
- sinuslike English
- sinusopathy English
- sinusotomy English
- sinuosus Latin
- sinus Latin
- Sinus German
- seno Italian
- sinus Dutch, Flemish
- си́нус Russian
- ensenada Spanish, Castilian
- sinusal Spanish, Castilian
- *sinos Proto-Indo-European
- sinus Norwegian Bokmål
- sinus Norwegian Nynorsk
- جَيْب Arabic
- sein Old French
- sinus Catalan, Valencian
- sínus Icelandic
- sân Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- синус Bulgarian
- sẽo Old Portuguese
- sin Aromanian
- sagn Romansh
- sain Romansh
- sein Romansh
- senu Asturian
- sen Friulian
- seno Old Spanish