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Meaning of cavernous sinus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Either of a pair of large venous sinuses situated in a groove at the side of the body of the sphenoid bone in the cranial cavity and opening behind into the petrosal sinuses.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Cavernously Caverns cavernula Cavero cavers Caversham

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