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How to use sinus in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun

Sinus means a pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus). Example: “The variations are described in terms of cycles of sinuses and cosinuses.”

Examples of sinus by meaning

nounSynonym of sine.

  • The variations are described in terms of cycles of sinuses and cosinuses.1996, Pentti Zetterberg, Matti Eronen, Markus Lindholm, “Construction of a 7500-Year Tree-Ring Record for Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris, L.)...

More sentences with sinus

  • Patients with hyperthyreosis, sick sinus syndrome and renal disease were excluded.2016 March 2, “Increased M1 Macrophages Infiltration Is Associated with Thrombogenesis in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Patients with Atrial…. From the entry hyperthyreosis
  • Excessive and sticky-thick mucus secretions may be observed in the valleculae, piriform sinuses, and endolarynx.2015 July 16, “Association between Chronic Laryngitis and Particulate Matter Based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination…. From the entry endolarynx
  • Blood was isolated from the orbital sinus and collected in microvette tubes.2015 November 14, “Deregulated Renal Calcium and Phosphate Transport during Experimental Kidney Failure”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry microvette
  • The maxillary sinus membrane was edematously thickened, but there was no tumor exposure in the sinus.2015 August 2, Masanori Kudoh et al., “Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult”, in Case…. From the entry edematously
  • The X-organ produces molt-inhibiting hormone, and the sinus gland releases it.2001, Miller-Harley, Zoology Fifth Edition. From the entry X organ
  • A considerable number of us injure noses, sinuses or middle ears in wrongly performing this simple act.1965 August 2, “Gesundheit, Everybody”, in Leroy A. Simms, editor, The Huntsville Times, volume 56, number 133, Huntsville, Ala., →ISSN…. From the entry sneezery
  • That trouble proved to be a sinus stoppage and was quickly relieved.1951, Herbert Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 48. From the entry Tientsin
  • Two or three cannulæ are requisite also for washing out the sinuses.1915, F. H. Westmacott, System of Treatment by many Writers, volume III, The Macmillan Company, page 717. From the entry cannula
  • To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs).2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 115. From the entry orang
  • The planum rostrale of pigs has tactile (sinus) hairs distributed over the surface and numerous large merocrine sweat glands.2013, Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere, “16: Integument”, in Jo Ann Eurell, Brian L. Frappier, editors, Dellmann's Textbook of Veterinary…. From the entry merocrine
  • My sinuses feel Brillo-padded by the inhaled oven cleaner.2003, Houghton Mifflin (publisher), The Best American Nonrequired Reading, page 197. From the entry brillo-pad
  • Veins in this area communicate with the superior ophthalmic veins which drain into the cavernous sinus posterior to the orbit.1980, Keith L. Moore, Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Williams & Wilkins, page 1061. From the entry danger triangle of the face
  • Typical nodal escapes occurring during sinus bradyarrhythmia, and subsequent to a nodal premature systole with retrograde A-V and aberrant ventricular conduction.1956 May 1, Alfred Pick, “Aberrant Ventricular Conduction of Escaped Beats”, in Circulation. From the entry bradyarrhythmia
  • The canal is surrounded superiorly by the jugular tubercle, superolaterally by the jugular foramen, laterally by the sigmoid sinus and inferiorly by occipital condyle.2015, Bayat Parvindokht, Darabi Mohammad Reza, Babaei Saeid, “Morphometric analysis of hypoglossal canal of the occipital bone in Iranian…. From the entry superolaterally
  • In desperation with seasonal sinus flare-up, I pulled out my coconut oil with a drop of peppermint and oil pulled for 20 minutes.2015, Dr. Michelle Coleman, Oil Pulling Revolution. From the entry oil pull
  • These sinuses invade nearly all the bones of the chondrocranium and several bony elements of the splanchnocranium, but patterns of postnatal paratympanic sinus development are poorly understood and documented.2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry paratympanic

Meaning of sinus

  1. noun A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).
  2. noun An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.
  3. noun Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat.

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Questions about sinus in a sentence

How do you use sinus in a sentence?
Sinus is used as a noun. For example: “The variations are described in terms of cycles of sinuses and cosinuses.”
What is a short sentence with sinus?
“My sinuses feel Brillo-padded by the inhaled oven cleaner.”
What does sinus mean?
Sinus means a pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).

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