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cavity
[ kav-i-tee ]
noun
- any hollow place; hollow.
- Anatomy. a hollow space within the body, an organ, a bone, etc.
- a hollow space or a pit in a tooth, most commonly produced by caries. A cavity may be artificially made to support dental restorations.
cavity
/ ˈkævɪtɪ /
noun
- a hollow space; hole
- dentistry a soft decayed area on a tooth See caries
- any empty or hollow space within the body
the oral cavity
- electronics See cavity resonator
cavity
/ kăv′ĭ-tē /
- A hollow; a hole.
- A hollow area within the body.
- A pitted area in a tooth caused by caries.
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Other Words From
- cavi·tied adjective
- sub·cavi·ty noun plural subcavities
- un·cavi·tied adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cavity1
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Example Sentences
Some have speculated that cessation of CPR decreases pressure in the chest cavity, allowing blood to return to the heart.
The force of the two reacting spreads the foam through the chest cavity, hardening to apply pressure to any bleed sites.
Injuries within the chest cavity may not be readily visible to medics, and are difficult to compress, King said.
Take a “cavity bomb,” for example: explosives hidden in rolls of fat, between butt cheeks.
Heaven help us the first time a would-be suicide bomber is caught with explosives hidden in a body cavity.
There appears a rude attempt to picture the mouth cavity and to show those interesting accessories, the teeth.
In addition, chylous and chyloid exudates are occasionally met, particularly in the peritoneal cavity.
In this specimen the tubular cavity of the stalactite is still open.
All about the cavity in the sand lay stones big and little, timbers, stakes, loops of rope.
They were carried up to the top of the tree, and disappeared, still fighting, within the cavity.
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