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Definition: Cavernous Sinus |
Cavernous SinusNoun1. Either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | An irregularly shaped venous space in the dura mater at either side of the sphenoid bone. (references) |
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Synonym: Cavernous SinusSynonym: sinus cavernosus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cavernous Sinus |
| English words defined with "cavernous sinus": ophthalmic vein ♦ superficial middle cerebral vein, superior cerebral vein, superior ophthalmic vein ♦ vena cerebrum superior, vena ophthalmica. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cavernous sinus": Crowe sign, Crowe's sign ♦ Distended carotid artery ♦ lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome ♦ Petrosal Sinus Sampling ♦ Retinal Vein ♦ Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial ♦ Trochlear Nerve Diseases. (references) |
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Expressions using "cavernous sinus": Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis ♦ lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Containing "cavernous sinus": Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cavernous sinus | 18 |
cavernous sinus thrombosis | 10 |
carotid cavernous sinus fistula | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "cavernous sinus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | sinus cavernosus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sinus cavernosus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sisemmän kaulavaltimon ja lokeroveriviemärin välinen anastomoosi (carotid-cavernous fistula, carotid-cavernous sinus fistula), anastomosis carotidocavernosa (carotid-cavernous fistula, carotid-cavernous sinus fistula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | syndrome de la paroi externe du sinus caverneux (cavernous sinus syndrome, lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome), fistule du sinus caverneux (fistula of the cavernous sinus), fistule carotido-caverneuse (carotid-cavernous fistula, carotid-cavernous sinus fistula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Sinus cavernosus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρωτιδοσηραγγώδες συρίγγιο (carotid-cavernous fistula, carotid-cavernous sinus fistula), σύνδρομο του εξωτερικού τοιχώματος του σηραγγώδους κόλπου (lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome), σύνδρομο του Foix (lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | seno cavernoso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avernouscay inussay seio cavernoso. (various references) síndrome de la pared externa del seno cavernoso (lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome), fístula carótido-cavernosa (carotid-cavernous fistula, carotid-cavernous sinus fistula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-o-r-s-s-s-u-u-v" | |
-3 letters: curiousness, raucousness, ruinousness, vacuousness, variousness. | |
-4 letters: ascensions, insurances, savoriness, scurviness. | |
-5 letters: arsenious, ascension, aversions, canonises, canonries, cavernous, coinsures, connivers, consensus, corniness, cuirasses, incrosses, insurance, issuances, narcissus, noncrises, nonissues, nuisances, ossuaries, rousseaus, sauciness, savouries, scansions, scenarios, souvenirs, uncrosses, unenvious, unreasons, unserious, veracious, veronicas, vinaceous. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 76 65 72 6E 6F 75 73 53 69 6E 75 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110110 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101111 01110101 01110011 00100000 01010011 01101001 01101110 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a v e r n o u s   S i n u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0076 0065 0072 006E 006F 0075 0073 0053 0069 006E 0075 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678871848081878525375808785 |
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