FRONTAL SINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frontal sinus mean? 

• FRONTAL SINUS (noun)
  The noun FRONTAL SINUS has 1 sense:

1. one of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone

  Familiarity information: FRONTAL SINUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRONTAL SINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

 Context examples 

A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the mucosal epithelial surface of the frontal sinus.

(Frontal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A papilloma that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the frontal sinus.

(Frontal Sinus Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute or chronic inflammatory process affecting the mucous membrane of the frontal sinus.

(Frontal Sinusitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the frontal sinus; in most cases the infection is caused by the bacteria STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE and HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE.

(Frontal Sinusitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm involving the frontal sinus.

(Malignant Frontal Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Less frequently, it arises from the nasal cavity, ethmoid sinus, sphenoid sinus, and frontal sinus.

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

A polyp that arises from the frontal sinus mucosa.

(Frontal Sinus Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the frontal sinus.

(Frontal Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the frontal sinus that typically lasts beyond eight weeks.

(Chronic Frontal Sinusitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A somatic nerve branching from the ophthalmic nerve that innervates the forehead, eye lids and frontal sinus.

(Frontal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)