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Definition of Ethmoid sinus
1. Noun. A sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose).
Definition of Ethmoid sinus
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of several paranasal sinuses enclosed within the ethmoid bone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ethmoid sinus
1. Numerous small thin-walled spaces or air cells in the ethmoid bone, where they form an ethmoidal labyrinth. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethmoid Sinus
Literary usage of Ethmoid sinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brain Abscess: Its Surgical Pathology and Operative Technic by Wells Phillips Eagleton (1922)
"Si Mi INKS: (1) Chronic suppuration of ethmoid sinus. Death from diffuse meningitis.
Post-mortem showed two abscesses under surface left frontal lobe. ..."
2. Nasal Sinus Surgery with Operations on Nose and Throat by Beaman Douglass (1906)
"ethmoid sinus lili 30. "Cystic Turbinate" ÜO 31. "Cystic Turbinate" 100 32. ...
Frontal and ethmoid sinus US 37. Maxillary Sinus in New-born 122 38. ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"... the patient was told that in all probability he was suffering from an abscess
of the orbit connected with either the frontal or the ethmoid sinus, ..."
4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"... the patient was told that in all probability he was suffering from an abscess
of the orbit connected with either the frontal or the ethmoid sinus, ..."
5. Manual of Neuro-surgery by United States Surgeon-General's Office (1919)
"of the ethmoid sinus to the orbit are of special interest, because the most
frequent involvement of the orbit from accessory sinus disease is the result of ..."
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