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Definition of Paranasal sinus
1. Noun. 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.
Definition of Paranasal sinus
1. Noun. (anatomy) A number of air-filled spaces, or sinuses, within the bones of the skull and face. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paranasal Sinus
Literary usage of Paranasal sinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1994)
"paranasal sinus barotrauma also may occur during ascent. ... Most of the symptoms
of paranasal sinus barotrauma disappear within 5 to 10 days without ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"... the first question \ve ask ourselves is: Is the suppuration in a paranasal
sinus belonging to the first series or to the second series ? ..."
3. Brain Abscess: Its Surgical Pathology and Operative Technic by Wells Phillips Eagleton (1922)
"(4)—Infection by a complicating Osteomyelitis, when the frontal lobe abscess may
be either an adjacent paranasal sinus brain abscess, or, ..."
4. Concerning Some Headaches and Eye Disorders of Nasal Origin by Greenfield Sluder (1918)
"... almost self-evident paranasal sinus suppurations, as well as the many systemic
and central nerve causes for headaches; and the various eye disorders ..."
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