sinus
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
Types & categories
- passageway hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
Types & categories
- bodily cavity hypernym
- ethmoid sinus hyponym
- frontal sinus hyponym
- maxillary sinus hyponym
- paranasal sinus hyponym
Sense 3 noun
a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
Types & categories
- duct hypernym
- cavernous sinus hyponym
- coronary sinus hyponym
- sigmoid sinus hyponym
- straight sinus hyponym
- transverse sinus hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fistular |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fistulous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | passageway |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily cavity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethmoid sinus |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | frontal sinus |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | maxillary sinus |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | paranasal sinus |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | duct |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cavernous sinus |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | coronary sinus |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sigmoid sinus |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | straight sinus |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | transverse sinus |