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cavernous sinuses

cavernous sinuses is the plural of cavernous sinus.

Meaning of cavernous sinus

Noun

cavernous sinus (plural cavernous sinuses)

  1. Either of a pair of large venous sinuses situated in a groove at the side of the body of the sphenoid bone in the cranial cavity and opening behind into the petrosal sinuses.

Questions about cavernous sinuses

What is cavernous sinuses the plural of?
Cavernous sinuses is the plural of cavernous sinus.

Words near cavernous sinuses in the dictionary

  1. cavernous
  2. cavernous body
  3. cavernous nerve
  4. cavernous nerves
  5. cavernous sinus
  6. cavernous sinuses
  7. cavernously
  8. caverns
  9. cavernula
  10. cavernulae
  11. cavernulous

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