English noun: venous sinus | |||
1. | venous sinus (body) a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel | ||
Synonyms | sinus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cavernous sinus, coronary sinus, sigmoid sinus, sinus cavernosus, sinus coronarius, sinus rectus, sinus sigmoideus, sinus transversus, straight sinus, tentorial sinus, transverse sinus | ||