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Noun: venous sinus
  1. A wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
    "Venous sinuses in the brain drain blood from the organ";
    - sinus

Derived forms: venous sinuses

Type of: canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct

Encyclopedia: Venous sinus