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noun
Either of a pair of large venous sinuses situated in a groove at the side of the body of the sphenoid bone in the cranial cavity and opening behind into the petrosal sinuses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sinus cavernosus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: venous sinus, sinus
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