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TENTORIAL SINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tentorial sinus mean?
• TENTORIAL SINUS (noun)
The noun TENTORIAL SINUS has 1 sense:
1. an unpaired sinus of the dura mater
Familiarity information: TENTORIAL SINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unpaired sinus of the dura mater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
sinus rectus; straight sinus; tentorial sinus
Hypernyms ("tentorial sinus" is a kind of...):
sinus; venous sinus (a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel)
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