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pansinusitis

pansinusitis

9.9
Infection and swelling of all the sinuses around the nose
  • noun
  • /ˌpænˌsaɪnjuˈsaɪtɪs/
  • Specialized
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  • She experienced severe headaches due to pansinusitis, which affected all her sinuses.

Examples

  • The doctor diagnosed him with pansinusitis after reviewing his symptoms and medical history.

  • After the surgery, the patient recovered from pansinusitis and felt much better.

  • The CT also demonstrated pansinusitis and septal perforation.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Pansinusitis and the septal perforation are also evident.

    Academic text (2008)

  • ACT scan revealed an NSA filling the entire nasal cavity bilaterally, accompanied by pansinusitis.

    Academic text (2009)

  • A repeat non-contrast CT of the head demonstrated bilateral pansinusitis, intracranial findings that were consistent with cerebritis, and a left intraorbital mass.

    Academic text (2008)

How Severe

pansinusitis
  • Specialized
9.9
sinusitis
  • Specialized
4 5.3

Surface Forms

pansinusitis singular
pansinusitides plural

Morphology

pansinusitis = sinusitis (semi-transparent) = pan + sinus + itis

The meaning 'inflammation of all the sinuses' is a regular composition of 'pan-' + 'sinusitis', but it is specialised medical vocabulary and the prefix 'pan-' is not familiar to all learners.

Etymology

Pansinusitis comes from the Greek prefix pan- meaning 'all', the medical word sinus meaning 'air space near the nose', and the suffix -itis meaning 'inflammation', like in tonsillitis. So pansinusitis means that all the sinuses around the nose are inflamed at the same time.