ETHMOID SINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethmoid sinus mean? 

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

1. a sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHMOID SINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ethmoid sinus; ethmoidal sinus; sinus ethmoidales

Hypernyms ("ethmoid 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 ethmoid sinus.

(Ethmoid Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyp that arises from the ethmoid sinus mucosa.

(Ethmoid Sinus Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Ethmoidal Sinusitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm involving the ethmoid sinus.

(Malignant Ethmoid Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer TNM Finding v7, 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 benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the ethmoid sinus.

(Ethmoid Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Ethmoid Sinus Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Chronic Ethmoidal Sinusitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the ethmoid sinus.

(Ethmoid Sinus Inverted Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)