洞どう

noun

sinus; cavity; antrum

Anatomical term for a hollow space or cavity in the body, such as the paranasal sinuses.

• 副ふく鼻び腔くうは鼻はなの周まわりにある洞どうです。

  The paranasal sinuses are cavities around the nose.

• CT画が像ぞうで上じょう顎がく洞どうに炎えん症しょうが見みられた。

  Inflammation was observed in the maxillary sinus on the CT image.

noun

neighborhood (North Korean administrative division)

Used specifically for an administrative neighborhood unit in North Korea, roughly equivalent to a dong in South Korea.

• 平壌ぴょんやんには多おおくの洞どうがある。

  There are many neighborhoods (dong) in Pyongyang.

• 北きた朝ちょう鮮せんの行ぎょう政せい区く域いきは、道どう、市し、郡ぐん、洞どうなどに分わかれている。

  North Korea's administrative divisions are divided into provinces, cities, counties, neighborhoods, etc.