sinusoid

English

Etymology

From the French sinusoïde, equivalent to sinus +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.nə.sɔɪd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑɪ.nə.soɪd/

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Noun

sinusoid (plural sinusoids)

1. (mathematics) A curve having the shape of a sine wave.

   Temperature during the week can be represented with a sinusoid.

2. (anatomy) Any of several channels through which venous blood passes in various organs.
   • 2013 February 28, Sang-Tae Choi et al., “Therapeutic potentials occurring during the early differentiation process of mesenchymal stem cells in a rats model with thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis”, in Korean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery‎, volume 17, →DOI:

     Ren et al. 36 insisted that human MSC can differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells but do not accelerate the capillarization and venularization of hepatic sinusoids, finally leading to the partial improvement of liver function in mice with CCl4-mediated chronic liver fibrosis.

Derived terms

• sinusoidal

Translations

sine curve

Chinese: Mandarin: 正弦曲線 / 正弦曲线 (zh) (zhèngxián qūxiàn) Czech: sinusoida (cs) f, sinusovka (cs) f, sinoida (cs) f Finnish: sinikäyrä (fi) French: sinusoïde (fr) f German: Sinuskurve (de) f Icelandic: sínusferill m Italian: sinusoide (it) f Japanese: 正弦曲線 (ja) (せいげんきょくせん, seigen kyokusen) Latin: sinusoīdēs f Polish: sinusoida (pl) f Russian: синусо́ида (ru) f (sinusóida) Slovak: sínusoida f Swedish: sinuskurva (sv) c Tagalog: sinwaying kilo

anatomy: channel for venous blood

Finnish: tiehyt (fi) German: Sinusoid n Japanese: 類洞 (るいどう, ruidō) Russian: синусо́идный капилля́р m (sinusóidnyj kapilljár), синусо́ид (ru) m (sinusóid)

Adjective

sinusoid (comparative more sinusoid, superlative most sinusoid)

1. (mathematics) Sinusoidal.
2. (anatomy) Characteristic of a sinus.

Translations

sinusoidal — see sinusoidal

anatomy: resembling a sinus

Finnish: ontelomainen