sinus

sinus is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Sinus. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. plural. of Sinus
2. noun. An opening; a hollow; a bending.
3. noun. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
4. noun. A cavity; a depression.
5. noun. A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening.
6. noun. A dilated vessel or canal.
7. noun. A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice.
8. noun. A depression between adjoining lobes.
9. noun. a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
10. noun. any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
11. noun. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

    Synonyms: fistula

Synonyms

fistula

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sinus:

nisus

Common word forms

sinusal, sinuses

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