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Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side to become the internal jugular vein.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: lateral sinus
Antonyms: none provided
a paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sinus transversus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: venous sinus, sinus
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Chinese Mandarin:
橫竇 /横窦
(héng dòu)
— dural venous sinus
