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MAXILLARY SINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maxillary sinus mean?
• MAXILLARY SINUS (noun)
The noun MAXILLARY SINUS has 1 sense:
1. one of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla
Familiarity information: MAXILLARY SINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("maxillary sinus" is a kind of...):
sinus (any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull)
Context examples
Patients with nasal squamous cell carcinoma usually present earlier than patients with maxillary sinus carcinoma and have a better prognosis compared to the latter group.
(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Inflammation of the maxillary sinus that typically lasts beyond eight weeks.
(Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the maxillary sinus.
(Benign Maxillary Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
It affects most often the maxillary sinus.
(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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