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PARANASAL-SINUS

Definition: small hallow space around the nose, lined with cells that make mucus, which keeps the nose from drying out. The paranasal sinuses constitute a space through which the voice can echo to make sounds when one talks or sings.

Conceptual Structures
ISAHEAD-PART
ANCESTORSALL
ANIMAL-PART
ANIMATE
ANIMATE-PART
BODY-PART
EXTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART
HEAD-PART
HUMAN-AND-NON-HUMAN-BODY-PART
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY
INHERITED
RELATIONS		CONTAINED-IN : PHYSICAL-OBJECT (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
    MANUFACTURED-CONTAINER (by default) (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
ELEMENT-OF : COLLECTION (from OBJECT)
HAS-PARTS : ANIMATE-PART (from ANIMATE)
INSTRUMENT-OF : EVENT (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
MADE-OF : MATERIAL (from ANIMATE)
OBJECT-NAME : NAME (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
OWNED-BY : HUMAN (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
PART-OF : ANIMATE (from ANIMATE-PART)
THEME-OF : EVENT (from ANIMATE)
INHERITED
ATTRIBUTES		AGE : >=0 (from ANIMATE)
SIZE : <=0>=1000000 (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)