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SI'NUS, n. [L. a bay.]
An opening;
a hollow; a bending.
A bay of the sea; a recess in the
shore.
A cavity; a
depression.
Specifically: A narrow, elongated cavity,
in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small
orifice.
A depression between
adjoining lobes.
* A sinus may be rounded, as in the leaf of the white oak, or acute, as in that of the red maple. Pallial sinus. (Zoöl.) See under
Pallial. -- Sinus venosus (?). [L.,
venous dilatation.] (Anat.) | ||||||||