TRANSVERSE SINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transverse sinus mean? 

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

1. a paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSVERSE SINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

sinus transversus; transverse sinus

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

sinus; venous sinus (a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel)