root canal
Also called pulp canal. the root portion of the pulp cavity.
Informal. root canal therapy (def. 2).
Origin of root canal
1Words Nearby root canal
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How to use root canal in a sentence
Sometimes she called me from work, leaving messages about the number of root canals that day or the little kids having their first cleaning.
The servers act as if they’d rather be getting root canals than greeting or seating you.
Babies were forced to have root canals, many of them without proper anesthesia.
Fact-checking the second McAuliffe-Youngkin gubernatorial debate | Glenn Kessler | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostDeciding whether one miserable 16-game stretch was better or worse than another is a bit like choosing between a root canal and visiting the Department of Motor Vehicles on a Saturday morning, but I tried anyway.
Ranking Washington football seasons in the Daniel Snyder era from least to most fun | Scott Allen | January 14, 2021 | Washington Post
British Dictionary definitions for root canal
the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerves and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity
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