Sinus vs Septum - What's the difference?
sinus | septum |
(anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.
A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.
(pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue.
A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
(anatomy) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
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(botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
(mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
(zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
As nouns the difference between sinus and septum
is that sinus is sine (abbreviated form: sin ) while septum is (anatomy) a wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.sinus
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(wikipedia sinus) (sinuses)Derived terms
* sinusitis * ethmoid sinus * frontal sinus * maxillary sinus * sphenoid sinus * paranasal sinusAnagrams
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(wikipedia septum)Alternative forms
* (l) *Noun
(en-noun)- Deviated septum , a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.