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Cavernous sinus Moderate

Cavernous sinus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity

2

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.

See Also
paracavernous intercavernous
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
venous sinus
Rhyming Words
nus anus gnus onus snus oenus honus janus agnus panus conus linus menus pinus sinus venus tonus manus yunus minus
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