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CAVERNOUS SINUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity
Synonyms:
cavernous sinus; sinus cavernosus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cavernous sinus" is a kind of...):
sinus; venous sinus (a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel)