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Sinus vs Septum - What's the difference?

sinus | septum |

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

English

Noun

(wikipedia sinus) (sinuses)
  • (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.
  • Derived terms

    * sinusitis * ethmoid sinus * frontal sinus * maxillary sinus * sphenoid sinus * paranasal sinus

    Anagrams

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    septum

    English

    (wikipedia septum)

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
  • * 2002 , Springhouse, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice , page 1158
  • Deviated septum , a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.
  • (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.