sinus

副鼻腔、洞

骨や体の組織の中にある空洞。特に鼻の周囲にあるもの。

やさしい英語で： A hollow space in bone or body tissue, especially one near the nose.

• I have a sinus infection.
• The scan showed a blocked sinus near her nose.
• Pressure built up inside the swollen sinuses.

よく使う表現： sinus infection, sinus pressure, blocked sinus

洞性の、洞結節の

ほかの語の前に付き、心拍を自然に調節する仕組みに関わることを表す。

やさしい英語で： Used before another word to describe the heart’s natural control of its beat.

• The monitor showed a normal sinus rhythm.
• The sinus node controls the heart’s regular beat.
• Doctors checked her sinus activity after treatment.

よく使う表現： sinus rhythm, sinus node, sinus activity

静脈洞、リンパ洞

血液やリンパ液をためたり運んだりする、体内の空間や広がった通路。

やさしい英語で： A space or widened channel in the body that holds or carries blood or lymph.

• Blood flows through the venous sinus.
• The coronary sinus collects blood from the heart.
• The scan showed a clot inside a sinus.

よく使う表現： venous sinus, coronary sinus, lymphatic sinus

瘻孔、瘻管

体の奥の感染部から皮膚へと通じ、膿が流れ出る異常な管。

やさしい英語で： An unhealthy passage from an infection deep in the body to the skin, through which pus flows.

• Pus drained through a sinus in the skin.
• The surgeon examined the sinus tract.
• Treatment closed the sinus after the infection cleared.

類義語： draining tract

よく使う表現： draining sinus, sinus tract, infected sinus