- si·nus·itis
- /ˌsaınjəˈsaıtəs/ noun [noncount]medical : painful swelling of the tissues inside the sinuses
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nasosinusitis — Inflammation of the nasal cavities and of the accessory sinuses. * * * na·so·si·nus·itis .nā zō .sī n(y)ə sīt əs also na·so·sin·u·itis .sin yü īt əs n inflammation of the nasal sinuses * * * na·so·si·nus·itis (na″zo si″nə siґtis) … Medical dictionary
pansinusitis — Inflammation of all the accessory sinuses of the nose on one or both sides. SYN: pansinuitis. * * * pan·si·nus·itis .sī n(y)ə sīt əs n inflammation of all the sinuses on one or both sides of the nose * * * pan·si·nus·itis (pan″si nəs… … Medical dictionary
sinusitis — Inflammation of the mucous membrane of any sinus, especially of one of the paranasal sinuses. [sinus + G. itis, inflammation] * * * si·nus·itis .sī n(y)ə sīt əs n inflammation of a sinus of the skull * * * n. inflammation … Medical dictionary
Aerosinusitis — Sinus troubles, particularly with pain, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when going up or down in a plane. Also called barosinusitis or sinus barotrauma. * * * SYN: barosinusitis. * * * aero·si·nus·itis .ar ō .sī n(y)ə sīt əs, .er n the… … Medical dictionary
Barosinusitis — Sinus troubles, particularly with pain, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when going up or down in a plane. Also called aerosinusitis or sinus barotrauma. * * * Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the paranasal sinuses caused by… … Medical dictionary
polysinusitis — Simultaneous inflammation of two or more sinuses. * * * poly·si·nus·itis (pol″e si″nəs iґtis) [poly + sinusitis] inflammation of several sinuses at once … Medical dictionary
bronchosinusitis — bron·cho·si·nus·itis (brong″ko si″nəs iґtis) coexisting infection of the paranasal sinuses and the lower respiratory passages … Medical dictionary
dacryosinusitis — dac·ryo·si·nus·itis (dak″re o si″nəs iґtis) inflammation of the lacrimal duct and ethmoid sinus … Medical dictionary
perisinusitis — peri·si·nus·itis (per″e si″nəs iґtis) inflammation of the tissues around a sinus … Medical dictionary
thrombosinusitis — throm·bo·si·nus·itis (throm″bo si″nəs iґtis) sinus thrombosis … Medical dictionary
