n. A bend or fold; a curving part of anything; a sinuosity; specifically, a bay of the sea; a gulf.n. In anatomy and zoology, a cavity or hollow of bone or other tissue, in the widest sense; a bay, recess, pocket, dilatation, or excavation, generally deeper and less open than a fossa: used with either English or Latin context.n. In pathology, a narrow passage leading to an abscess or other diseased locality; a fistula.n. In botany, the recess or rounded curve between two projecting lobes: as, the sinuses of a repand or sinuate leaf. See cuts under kidney-shaped, pinnatifid, repand, and sinuate.n. The bony air-sinuses of the head. See def. 2 .n. The rhombocœlia. Also called sinus rhomboidalis.n. one of the sinuses of the dura mater (see above), orn. a sinus venosus (see above).