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PARANASAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adjacent to the nasal cavities
Example:
paranasal sinus
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
nasal cavity (either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx)
Context examples:
A lymphoma that arises from the paranasal sinus.
(Paranasal Sinus Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare carcinoma that arises from the paranasal sinus.
(Paranasal Sinus Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Inflammation of the paranasal sinuses that typically lasts beyond eight weeks.
(Chronic Sinusitis, NCI Thesaurus)
A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from any of the following anatomic sites: lip and oral cavity, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx, and salivary glands.
(Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive malignant mesenchymal neoplasm that arises from the paranasal sinus.
(High Grade Paranasal Sinus Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by involvement of the paranasal sinuses.
(Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the paranasal sinuses.
(Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the paranasal sinuses and is characterized by prominent production of keratin.
(Keratinizing Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign neoplasm that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the paranasal sinuses.
(Paranasal Sinus Inverted Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign neoplasm with exophytic and endophytic growth arising from the lateral nasal wall or the paranasal sinuses.
(Oncocytic Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)
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