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Definition of Sigmoid sinus
1. Noun. An S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones.
Medical Definition of Sigmoid sinus
1. The S-shaped dural venous sinus lying deep to the mastoid process of the temporal bone and immediately posterior to the petrous temporal bone; it is continuous with the transverse sinus and empties into the internal jugular vein as it passes through the jugular foramen. Synonym: sinus sigmoideus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sigmoid Sinus
Literary usage of Sigmoid sinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1914)
"If the sigmoid sinus is left open the infective material from the jugular bulb
may be forced backward through this sinus, and thence through the petrosal to ..."
2. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1908)
"If the sigmoid sinus is left open, the infective material from the jugular bulb
may be forced backward through the sigmoid sinus, and from thence through ..."
3. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1908)
"If the sigmoid sinus is left open, the infective material from the jugular bulb
may be forced backward through the sigmoid sinus, and from thence through ..."
4. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"from an infective lesion (d) in sigmoid sinus. point of entrance may lead quite
logically to different lesions within the cranium. ..."
5. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, Medical and Surgical: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"If the sigmoid sinus is left open the infective material from the jugular bulb
may be forced backward through this sinus, and thence through the petrosal to ..."
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