Antrum Definition

ăntrəm
antra, antrum
noun
A cavity, esp. one within a bone, as either of a pair of sinuses in the upper jaw.
Webster's New World
A cavity or chamber, especially one in a bone.
American Heritage Medicine
Either of the sinuses in the bones of the upper jaw, opening into the nasal cavity.
American Heritage Medicine

(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Antrum

Noun

Singular:
antrum
Plural:
antra

Origin of Antrum

  • Late Latin cavity in the body from Latin cave from Greek antron

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (antron, “cave”).

    From Wiktionary

Antrum Sentence Examples

  • The antrum pyloricum is small and not very distinctly marked.

  • With endoscope in the gastric antrum, pass the floppy end of a guide-wire via the biopsy channel until end is seen in antrum.

  • The middle turbinate has also been partly removed to show a bristle passed from the middle meatus into the antrum.

  • It is more commonly seen in the stomach (gastric antrum) but may also affect the small intestine or colon.

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Words Starting With

AANANT

Words Ending With

MUMRUM

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Words Starting With A and Ending With M

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With A6 Letter Words Ending With M