Usually means: Air-filled spaces in skull.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word sinuses:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. sinuses: Merriam-Webster
  2. sinuses: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sinuses: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sinuses: Vocabulary.com
  5. sinuses: Wordnik
  6. sinuses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sinuses: Wiktionary
  8. sinuses: Dictionary.com
  9. sinuses: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Sinuses: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Sinuses: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Sinuses: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. sinuses: FreeDictionary.org

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sinuses: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. sinuses: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Sinuses: Merck Manuals
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Sinuses: Medical dictionary
  5. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See sinus as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sinus)

noun:  (anatomy, zootomy) A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).
noun:  (anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.
noun:  (physiology, attributive) Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat.
noun:  (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface.
noun:  (botany) A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal.
noun:  (geography) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
noun:  (trigonometry) Synonym of sine.
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