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PARANASAL SINUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities

Synonyms:

nasal sinus; paranasal sinus; sinus paranasales

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("paranasal sinus" is a kind of...):

sinus (any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull)

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 Context examples: 

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.

(Non-Neoplastic Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, keratinizing or non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma arising from the mucosal epithelium of the nasal cavity or the paranasal sinuses.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The paranasal sinuses open into the nasal cavity (space inside the nose) and are lined with cells that make mucus to keep the nose from drying out during breathing.

(Paranasal sinus, NCI Dictionary)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the paranasal sinuses.

(Non-Neoplastic Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare adenoid cystic carcinoma that arises from the paranasal sinuses.

(Paranasal Sinus Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the paranasal sinuses.

(Paranasal Sinus Inverted Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-Hodgkin lymphoma that arises from the paranasal sinus and is characterized by the presence of a diffuse malignant infiltrate composed of large B-lymphocytes.

(Paranasal Sinus Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant epithelial neoplasm arising in the paranasal sinus.

(Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the paranasal sinuses.

(Paranasal Sinus Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)