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Definition of Cavity
1. Noun. A sizeable hole (usually in the ground). "They dug a pit to bury the body"
Specialized synonyms: Trou-de-loup, Barbecue Pit, Borrow Pit, Divot, Fire Pit, Quicksand, Sandpit, Sawpit, Tar Pit
Generic synonyms: Hole, Hollow
2. Noun. Space that is surrounded by something.
Generic synonyms: Space
Specialized synonyms: Hollow, Pocket, Pouch, Sac, Sack
3. Noun. Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth.
4. Noun. (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body.
Specialized synonyms: Blastocele, Blastocoel, Blastocoele, Cleavage Cavity, Segmentation Cavity, Archenteron, Sinus, Locule, Loculus, Lumen, Socket, Pulp Cavity, Cranial Orbit, Eye Socket, Orbit, Orbital Cavity, Buccal Cavity, Antrum, Cloaca, Vestibule, Mediastinum, Middle Ear, Tympanic Cavity, Tympanum, Pleural Cavity, Chamber, Cranial Cavity, Intracranial Cavity, Amniotic Cavity, Greater Peritoneal Sac, Peritoneal Cavity, Bursa Omentalis, Lesser Peritoneal Cavity, Omental Bursa, Pericardial Cavity, Pericardial Space, Vacuole, Ventricle, Sac, Uterine Cavity, Nasal Cavity, Nasopharynx, Oropharynx, Laryngopharynx, Blind Gut, Caecum, Cecum, Tubular Cavity, Armpit, Axilla, Axillary Cavity, Axillary Fossa, Chest Cavity, Thoracic Cavity, Abdomen, Abdominal Cavity, Pelvis, Renal Pelvis, Pelvic Cavity, Celom, Celoma, Coelom, Fossa, Pit
Group relationships: Body, Organic Structure, Physical Structure
Generic synonyms: Anatomical Structure, Bodily Structure, Body Structure, Complex Body Part, Structure
Category relationships: Anatomy, General Anatomy
Definition of Cavity
1. n. Hollowness.
Definition of Cavity
1. Noun. A hole or hollow depression. ¹
2. Noun. A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses). ¹
3. Noun. (dentistry) A soft area in a decayed tooth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cavity
1. an unfilled space within a mass [n -TIES] : CAVITIED [adj]
Medical Definition of Cavity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavity
Literary usage of Cavity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"I. THE BODY cavity. The greater part of the viscera are situated in the ...
This is divided by the diaphragm into two parts, the thoracic cavity and the ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"E. Diagrams of the Origin of the Amnion. 1. Section of an egg of Erinaceus after
Hubrecht, «bowing the two layers and a cavity in the ..."
3. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1907)
"Figure 32 shows nose is represented". The the area within the nasal arrow A
indicates the path cavity which is covered by °.f th(Lai.r in ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"genetic agent at the site of the operation, this structure was excised over an
area corresponding in extent to the circumference of the cavity. ..."
5. The Lancet (1898)
"In every case a free opening should be made into the cavity of the abscess ...
The interior of the abscess cavity is irrigated with an antiseptic solution ..."
6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"B. Showing technique of obliteration of cavity in the left side of mandible. ...
The cavity was the size of a large thumb. The symphysis had bulged forward ..."
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