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Cavity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cavity? [n] (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body [n] a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body" [n] soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth [n] space that is surrounded by something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cavity: bodily cavity \| caries \| cavum \| dental caries \| enclosed space \| pit \| tooth decay Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cavity: abysm \| abyss \| alveolation \| alveolus \| antrum \| aperture \| armpit \| arroyo \| basin \| booth \| bowl \| box \| box canyon \| breach \| break \| broaching \| canyon \| cell \| cellule \| chamber \| chap \| chasm \| check \| chimney \| chink \| clearing \| cleft \| cleuch \| clough \| col \| compartment \| concave \| concavity \| coulee \| couloir \| crack \| cranny \| crater \| crevasse \| crevice \| crib \| crypt \| cup \| cut \| cwm \| deep \| defile \| dell \| depression \| depth \| dike \| dip \| disclosure \| ditch \| donga \| draw \| enclosed space \| excavation \| fault \| fenestra \| fissure \| fistula \| flaw \| flume \| fold \| follicle \| fontanel \| foramen \| fracture \| funnel chest \| furrow \| gap \| gape \| gash \| gat \| gorge \| groove \| gulch \| gulf \| gully \| hiatus \| hold \| hole \| hollow \| hollow shell \| incision \| inlet \| interval \| joint \| kloof \| lacuna \| laying open \| leak \| manger \| moat \| notch \| nullah \| opening \| opening up \| orifice \| outlet \| pass \| passage \| passageway \| pew \| pit \| pocket \| pore \| punch bowl \| ravine \| rent \| rift \| rime \| rupture \| scissure \| scoop \| seam \| shaft \| shell \| sink \| sinus \| slit \| slot \| socket \| space \| split \| stall \| stoma \| throwing open \| trench \| trough \| uncorking \| unstopping \| vacuity \| valley \| vault \| void \| vug \| wadi \| well \| yawn \| yawning abyss See Also \| abdominal cavity \| amniotic cavity \| anatomical structure \| antrum \| archenteron \| armpit \| axilla \| axillary cavity \| axillary fossa \| barbecue pit \| blastocele \| blastocoel \| blastocoele \| blind gut \| bodily structure \| body \| body structure \| borrow pit \| buccal cavity \| bursa omentalis \| caecum \| cecum \| celom \| celoma \| chamber \| chest cavity \| cleavage cavity \| coelom \| complex body part \| cranial cavity \| cranial orbit \| decay \| divot \| eye socket \| fire pit \| fossa \| greater peritoneal sac \| hole \| hollow \| hollow \| intracranial cavity \| laryngopharynx \| lesser peritoneal cavity \| locule \| loculus \| lumen \| mediastinum \| middle ear \| nasal cavity \| nasopharynx \| omental bursa \| orbit \| orbital cavity \| organic structure \| oropharynx \| pelvic cavity \| pelvis \| pericardial cavity \| pericardial space \| peritoneal cavity \| physical structure \| pit \| pleural cavity \| pocket \| pouch \| pulp cavity \| quicksand \| renal pelvis \| sac \| sac \| sack \| sandpit \| sawpit \| segmentation cavity \| sinus \| socket \| space \| structure \| tar pit \| thoracic cavity \| tubular cavity \| tympanic cavity \| tympanum \| uterine cavity \| vacuole \| ventricle \| vestibule Cavity In Webster's Dictionary \Cav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Cavities}. [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavit['e].] 1. Hollowness. [Obs.] The cavity or hollowness of the place. --Goodwin. 2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity. An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. --Arbuthnot. Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomic[ae]. --Quain. {Body cavity}, the c[oe]lum. See under {Body}.

Cavity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cavity?

[n] (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
[n] a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
[n] soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
[n] space that is surrounded by something

Cavity In Webster's Dictionary

\Cav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Cavities}. [L. cavus hollow: cf. F.
cavit['e].]
1. Hollowness. [Obs.]

         The cavity or hollowness of the place. --Goodwin.

2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.

         An instrument with a small cavity, like a small
         spoon.                                --Arbuthnot.

         Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed
         in the lungs, which are designated cavities or
         vomic[ae].                            --Quain.

{Body cavity}, the c[oe]lum. See under {Body}.

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