sinusitis

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noun

An inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounsinusitis (usually uncountable, plural sinusitises or sinusitides)

plural sinusitises · plural sinusitides

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineAn inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian синузит
  • синузит (sinuzit)inflammation
Catalan sinusitis
  • sinusitisinflammation
Chinese Mandarin 鼻竇炎 /鼻窦炎
  • 鼻竇炎 /鼻窦炎 (bídòuyán)inflammation
Czech zánět dutin, sinusitida
  • zánět dutininflammation
  • sinusitidainflammation
Dutch bijholteontsteking, sinusitis
  • bijholteontstekinginflammation
  • sinusitisinflammation
Esperanto sinusito
  • sinusitoinflammation
Finnish sinuiitti, poskiontelontulehdus
  • sinuiittiinflammation
  • poskiontelontulehdusinflammation
French sinusite
  • sinusiteinflammation
German Sinusitis
  • Sinusitisinflammation
Greek ιγμορίτιδα
  • ιγμορίτιδα (igmorítida)inflammation
Hungarian arcüreggyulladás
  • arcüreggyulladásinflammation
Italian sinusite
  • sinusiteinflammation
Japanese 副鼻腔炎
  • 副鼻腔炎 (fukubikō-en)inflammation
Korean 부비동염, 부비강염
  • 부비동염 (bubidong'yeom)inflammation
  • 부비강염 (bubigang'yeom)inflammation
Lithuanian haimoritas
  • haimoritasinflammation
Malay resdung
  • resdunginflammation
Māori pakohu kakā
  • pakohu kakāinflammation
Norwegian Bokmål bihulebetennelse, biholebetennelse
  • bihulebetennelseinflammation
  • biholebetennelseinflammation
Persian کاوکآماس, سینوزیت
  • کاوکآماسinflammation
  • سینوزیت (sinuzit)inflammation
Polish zapalenie zatok
  • zapalenie zatokinflammation
Portuguese sinusite
  • sinusiteinflammation
Romanian sinuzită
  • sinuzităinflammation
Russian синуси́т, гаймори́т
  • синуси́т (sinusít)inflammation
  • гаймори́т (gajmorít)inflammation
Spanish sinusitis
  • sinusitisinflammation
Swedish bihåleinflammation, sinusit
  • bihåleinflammationinflammation
  • sinusitinflammation
  • sinuitinflammation
Tamil புரையழற்சி
  • புரையழற்சி (puraiyaḻaṟci)inflammation
Thai โพรงอากาศอักเสบ
  • โพรงอากาศอักเสบinflammation
Turkish sinüzit
  • sinüzitinflammation
Vietnamese viêm xoang
  • viêm xoanginflammation
Cite this entry
APA

sinusitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinusitis

MLA

“sinusitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinusitis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sinusitis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinusitis.

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