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SINUSITIS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sinusitis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sinusitis"):
pansinusitis (inflammation of all of the paranasal sinuses)