Definition of Maxillary sinus

1. Noun. One of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla.

Generic synonyms: Sinus

Definition of Maxillary sinus

1. Noun. (anatomy) A paranasal sinus found in the body of the maxilla. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Maxillary sinus

1. A air filled cavity within the maxilla (bone that forms the face and upper jaw). The maxillary sinus is located just below the bony prominence of the cheek (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maxillary Sinus

maxillary
maxillary angle
maxillary antrum
maxillary artery
maxillary dentition
maxillary eminence
maxillary fractures
maxillary gland
maxillary hiatus
maxillary neoplasms
maxillary nerve
maxillary palp
maxillary plexus
maxillary process
maxillary process of embryo
maxillary sinus
maxillary sinus neoplasms
maxillary sinus radiograph
maxillary sinuses
maxillary sinusitis
maxillary surface of palatine bone
maxillary tuberosity
maxillary vein
maxillas
maxillectomy
maxilliform
maxilliped
maxillipedary
maxillipeds
maxillitis

Literary usage of Maxillary sinus

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

1. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1902)
"Where the probe reveals unusual extension of the sinus outward and downward operation by way of the maxillary sinus appears to be indicated. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"A New Method of Entering the maxillary sinus through the Nose.—VAIL (Laryngoscope, January, 1908) penetrates the wall of the antrum with a special ..."

3. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1854)
"Pressure on the Orbit from the maxillary sinus. The diseases of the maxillary are upon the whole analogous to those of the frontal sinus. ..."

4. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"Catarrh of the maxillary sinus. ... The disease rarely occurs as a primary affection, as after violent traumatic insults to the maxillary sinus. ..."

5. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"2 shows a perpendicular transverse bilateral section, made by passing through the anterior portion of the orbit, maxillary sinus, and the first molar of ..."

6. The Principles and practice of dental surgery by Chapin Aaron Harris (1863)
"EXOSTOSIS OF THE OSSEOUS PARIETES OF THE maxillary sinus. THE osseous walls of the maxillary sinus sometimes become the seat of bony tumors—exostoses. ..."

7. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1889)
"By ADOLF BRONNER, MD, Surgeon to the Eye and Ear Hospital, Bradford. The maxillary sinus is a cavity of the shape of a triangular pyramid, ..."

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