| 释义 |
cavitary, a. and n.|ˈkævɪtərɪ|
[f. L. cavitas hollow, cavity + -ary; cf. voluntas, voluntary.]
†1. Having a cavity: used as an epithet of those intestinal worms which have a distinct mouth and anus. (Adaptation of Cuvier's term, vers cavitaires, in his division of intestinal worms.) Also as n. Obs.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. xi. 319 The Infusories and Polypes, and the Cavitaries of that author (Cuvier). 1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 117/1 A third order of Cavitary Entozoa. 1847Nat. Encycl. I. 751/2 The cavitary intestinal worms (cœlelmintha).
2. Of the nature of, or belonging to, a cavity.
1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. vii. xiii. 397 A small cavitary vesicle. 1878Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 51 The hollow cavitary system which forms the hæmal passages. |