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sigmoid sinuses

sigmoid sinuses is the plural of sigmoid sinus.

Meaning of sigmoid sinus

Noun

sigmoid sinus (plural sigmoid sinuses)

  1. A sinus on each side of the brain that is a continuation of the transverse sinus on the same side, follows an S-shaped course to the jugular foramen, and empties into the internal jugular vein.

Questions about sigmoid sinuses

What is sigmoid sinuses the plural of?
Sigmoid sinuses is the plural of sigmoid sinus.

Words near sigmoid sinuses in the dictionary

  1. sigmoid function
  2. sigmoid functions
  3. sigmoid notch
  4. sigmoid notches
  5. sigmoid sinus
  6. sigmoid sinuses
  7. sigmoidal
  8. sigmoidality
  9. sigmoidally
  10. sigmoidals
  11. sigmoidectomies

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