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sinus vs paranasal sinus

paranasal sinus vs sinus

sinus and paranasal sinus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sinus Yes No No No
paranasal sinus Yes No No No
As nouns, paranasal sinus is a hyponym of sinus; that is, paranasal sinus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sinus:
  • sinus: any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
  • paranasal sinus: any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities
Other hyponyms of sinus include ethmoid sinus, ethmoidal sinus, sinus ethmoidales, frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, nasal sinus, sinus paranasales.
sinus (noun) paranasal sinus (noun)
a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities
any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
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