English Explanatory Dictionary

cavernous sinus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

cavernous sinus cavernous sinuses
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