Definition of Antral

1. a. Relating to an antrum.

Definition of Antral

1. Adjective. (biology) Of or pertaining to an antrum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antral

1. pertaining to an antrum [adj] - See also: antrum

Medical Definition of Antral

1. Relating to an antrum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antral

antonymic
antonymies
antonymous
antonymously
antonyms
antonymy
antophyte
antophytes
antorbital
antorbitals
antozone
antproof
antra
antra ethmoidalia
antrafenine
antral (current term)
antral sphincter
antre
antrectomies
antrectomy
antres
antro-
antroba
antrobas
antroduodenectomy
antronasal
antrophose
antropyloric
antrorse
antroscope

Literary usage of Antral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"AN UNUSUAL ALVEOLAR ABSCESS, WITH antral COMPLICATIONS. ... and upon exploring with a delicate probe oneday this passed into the antral cavity at the point ..."

2. Nasal Sinus Surgery with Operations on Nose and Throat by Beaman Douglass (1906)
"This wall must therefore be described from both sides—the antral and the nasal sides. Seen from the antral side, the internal wall or base of the antrum ..."

3. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1896)
"antral EMPYEMA OF TUBERCULOUS ORIGIN—A case of antral empyema, apparently of tuberculous ... complained of the usual symptoms indicative of antral empyema. ..."

4. Some Points in the Surgical Anatomy of the Temporal Bone: From Birth to by Arthur Henry Cheatle (1907)
"Those in the outer antral wall. Those in the upper mastoid. ... An examination of the outer antral wall in 210 specimens of all ages above the age of five ..."

5. Purulent Nasal Discharges: Their Diagnosis and Treatment by Herbert Tilley (1901)
"This is especially the case with antral suppuration, and arising secondarily ... Dental caries and chronic antral suppuration have long been looked upon as ..."

6. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"With the naso-antral wall thus exposed, he proceeds to resect it from the floor of the ... He does not, however, remove that portion of the naso-antral wall ..."

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