Oxford logo
Toggle navigation
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
TOP
American English
English
American English
Academic English
Collocations
Practical English Usage
German-English
English-German
English
American English
Enter search text
Definition of
sinus noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
sinus
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈsaɪnəs
/
/
jump to other results
any of the hollow spaces in the bones of the head that are connected to the inside of the nose
blocked sinuses
See
sinus
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Check pronunciation:
sinus
Nearby words
Sinology
noun
sinuous
adjective
sinus
noun
sinusitis
noun
-sion