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cavity
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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)
cavity resonator


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In the case of osteitis, one or two drill holes should be made in the metaphysis to drain the medullary cavity.
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We note also that the insertion of a stem into the canal destroys the endosteum, a thin layer of connective tissue filled with cortical capillaries that lines the medullary cavity.
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7) CONCLUSION Ewing's sarcoma is a highly malignant, small, round-cell neoplasm that usually arises in the medullary cavity of bone.
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