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sinusitis

sinusitis noun: an inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses.

Noun

sinusitis (usually uncountable, plural sinusitises or sinusitides)

  1. (usually) An inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses.

sinusitis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malay and Persian

sinusitis in Hindi

sinusitis
वायुविवरशोथ vāyuvivarśoth

sinusitis in Tamil

inflammation
புரையழற்சி puraiyaḻaṟci

sinusitis in Malay

inflammation
resdung

sinusitis in Persian

inflammation
کاوکآماس, سینوزیت sinuzit
More languagesFewer languages
sinusitis in Thai
โพรงอากาศอักเสบ
sinusitis in Vietnamese
viêm xoang
sinusitis in Myanmar
ထိပ်ကပ်နာ htipkapna

Forms of sinusitis

pluralsinusitises
pluralsinusitides

Origin of sinusitis

From sinus + -itis.

Words formed from sinusitis

Questions about sinusitis

What does sinusitis mean?
Sinusitis means an inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses.
What is sinusitis in Hindi?
Sinusitis in Hindi is वायुविवरशोथ (vāyuvivarśoth). See Sinusitis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sinusitis?
Sinusitis is a noun.
What is the plural of sinusitis?
The plural of sinusitis is sinusitises.

Words near sinusitis in the dictionary

  1. sinusectomies
  2. sinusectomy
  3. sinuses
  4. sinusitic
  5. sinusitides
  6. sinusitis
  7. sinusitis-infertility syndrome
  8. sinusitises
  9. sinuslike
  10. sinusoid
  11. sinusoidal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sinusitis (page history and authors); वायुविवरशोथ (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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