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cavitycav‧i‧ty /ˈkævəti/ noun (plural cavities) [countable] cavityOrigin: 1500-1600 French cavité, from Late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus; ➔ CAVE1 - The heart and lungs are located inside the chest cavity.
- A final glance at the cavity bed reassured her that it looked just as it should.
- After closing the caecum with a purse string ligature, the loops of intestine were restored to the abdominal cavity.
- At the same time, the patient should bear the cavity in mind when eating.
- Divide lemon quarters and garlic cloves equally among cavities.
- It was a cavity made by the tumbling together of several large boulders, and roofed by the encroaching undergrowth.
- Remove fruit from cavity and use as a garnish.
- Stuff quail cavities with mushroom mixture and skewer shut if necessary.
- Tuck wings behind back and tuck legs into cavity.
ADJECTIVE► abdominal· After closing the caecum with a purse string ligature, the loops of intestine were restored to the abdominal cavity.· Fat is deposited as an external covering of the body, within the abdominal cavity, and between and within muscles.· The 12in knife blade which was plunged into his buttock entered his abdominal cavity.· A litre of blood was found in his abdominal cavity.· The stomach was then returned to the abdominal cavity and the wound covered with a moistened cotton wool pad. ► nasal· And because of its reduced nasal cavities it may find breathing increasingly difficult as it grows older.· In this circumstance, nasopharyngeal electrodes inserted through the nasal cavity may show the epileptic activity more clearly.· If people have a bad cold, the nasal cavity gets blocked up and so they can not say the sounds properly. NOUN► body· A cluster of green eggs may become apparent in the body cavity of the more robust mature females.· Don't stuff the body cavity, only the neck with a very light, loosely packed stuffing mixture.· They differ from cuticular processes in containing a definite extension of the body cavity and in some cases they are freely movable.· The water for this system circulates quite separately from that in the body cavity. ► wall· They are permanent construction with cavity walls and tiled roofs to housing specifications.· The work will include cavity wall insulation, roof insulation, double glazing and installation of energy efficient heating systems.· As well as these weather-resisting advantages, the cavity wall has greater sound and thermal insulating properties and a greater resistance to overturning.· His head jerked and banged against the cavity wall, then it did it again and after that, a third time.· If you have cavity walls, insulate them.· Incidentally, cavity wall insulation should be impermeable to water vapour, or interstitial condensation can occur.· If you plan to have cavity wall insulation installed, start by approaching your local authority Building control Officer for approval.· Other parts of the treatment involved the cavity wall ducts under the building and some internal work in the flats. VERB► fill· The company is also developing two new materials which it hopes will be strong enough to fill cavities in the back teeth.· The insects filled a cavity as large as I was.· A second application of filler may be required to fill cavities which sanding reveals.· To be on the safe side, most dentists fill cavities right away.· If liked, fill the cavity with little sweets before placing on the final triangle.· Mr O'Sullivan filled an enormous cavity completely painlessly, while a video screen showed a blow-up of the tooth being worked on.· It is just that he no longer thinks that filling every cavity is one of them.· Every time they intervene in some one's mouth to fill cavities or replace fillings, they do damage as well as good. ► use· A radio doesn't use a resonant cavity because its speaker must reproduce sounds over a wide range of frequencies. formal a hole or space inside something: Put herbs inside the body cavity of the fish. I have no cavities (=no holes in my teeth). |