Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

venous sinus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: ve-nous s-i-nus
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large vein or passage (as the canal of Schlemm) for venous blood.

noun

Alternative form of sinus venosus.

Inflected Forms

venous sinuses (plural)

Synonyms

venosinus sinus

Rhymes With

minus highness sinus linus dryness shyness minos vinous valentinus echinus slyness pulvinus

Questions

What does venous sinus mean?: A large vein or passage (as the canal of Schlemm) for venous blood.

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