What Does Paranasal Mean?
Medical Definition of Paranasal: Adjacent to the Nasal Cavities Especially: Of, Relating To, or Affecting the Paranasal Sinuses Paranasal Pain. What Is the...
Medical Definition of paranasal
: adjacent to the nasal cavities especially : of, relating to, or affecting the paranasal sinuses paranasal pain.
What is the meaning of paranasal sinuses?
Listen to pronunciation. (PAYR-uh-NAY-zul SY-nus) One of many small hollow spaces in the bones around the nose. Paranasal sinuses are named after the bones that contain them: frontal (the lower forehead), maxillary (cheekbones), ethmoid (beside the upper nose), and sphenoid (behind the nose).
What is the root word of paranasal?
Adjacent to the nasal cavities. [para- + L. nasus, nose]