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cavity 1. Dentistry a soft decayed area on a tooth 2. any empty or hollow space within the body cavity [′kav·əd·ē] (biology) A hole or hollow space in an organ, tissue, or other body part. (electromagnetism) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Because patients with cavitary TB are likely to exhibit signs during a lung exam, TB patients are considered excellent teaching material. CT of the chest revealed multiple cavitary pulmonary nodules throughout the pulmonary parenchyma (figure, B). Finally, the purpose of the school-based caries-screening program was to identify cavitary lesions that required treatment, not to identify noncavitary, precarious lesions. |
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