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cavity /ˈkavɪti /noun (plural cavities)1An empty space within a solid object: the abdominal cavity...- Sinuses are air-filled, hollow spaces or cavities within the facial bones surrounding your nose.
- It consisted of filling the empty space of cavities with hydrogen atoms and drawing the surface contour of the H atoms.
- These animals are thought to survive only if ice is confined to their body cavity and other extracellular spaces.
Synonyms space, chamber, hollow, hole, pocket, pouch; orifice, aperture; socket, gap, crater, pit; cutting, concavity; Anatomy lacuna, sac, alveolus, ampulla, antrum, archenteron, bulla, bursa, lumen, orbit, sinus, ventricle, vesicle; Zoology calyx; Botany cyst; Geology geode, vug 1.1A decayed part of a tooth: most dentists fill cavities right away...- If the teeth are not cleaned properly they may be vulnerable to tooth decay causing cavities, or to gum disease.
- He described techniques for scraping out caries and filling the cavities with soft metals such as tin, lead, or gold.
- I know two mothers with toddlers who nurse several times a night and have extensive tooth decay and cavities.
Derivatives cavitary /ˈkavɪt(ə)ri/ adjective ...- Because patients with cavitary pulmonary TB are more likely than those without pulmonary cavities to be sputum AFB smear-positive, patients with cavitary pulmonary disease have greater potential to transmit TB.
- There was a solitary, well-circumscribed, 1.5 × 1.0 × 1.0-cm cavitary lesion in the cranium filled with dense, yellow fibrous tissue.
- Of the 443 patients who had a chest radiograph report available, 173 were found to have cavitary involvement.
Origin Mid 16th century: from French cavité or late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus 'hollow'. Rhymes concavity, depravity, gravity |