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cavity

1. Dentistry a soft decayed area on a tooth

2. any empty or hollow space within the body

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cavity

[′kav·əd·ē]

(biology)

A hole or hollow space in an organ, tissue, or other body part.

(electromagnetism)

cavity resonator

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Abdominal Cavity
Accelerator, Particle
Air Sacs
all-rowlock wall
antrum
archicoel
atom laser
Blasting Operations
Blastocoel
blastocoele
Blastopore
Blastula
Body Cavity
brachial cavity
Brachiopoda
bubble cavitation
Catheterization
cavity batten
cavity coupling

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