transverse sinus

Definitions of transverse sinus
  1. noun
    a paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus
    synonyms: sinus transversus
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    type of:
    sinus, venous sinus
    a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
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