Cavity

Cav′i-ty

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Cavities

(#)

.

[L.

cavus

hollow: cf. F.

cavité

.]

1.

Hollowness.

[Obs.]

The

cavity

or hollowness of the place.

Goodwin.

2.

A hollow place; a hollow;

as, the abdominal

cavity

.

An instrument with a small

cavity

, like a small spoon

Arbuthnot.

.

Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated

cavities

or vomicæ.

Quain.

Body cavity

,

the cœlum. See under

Body

.

Cavity

CAVITY

,

Noun.

A hollow place; hollowness; an opening; as the cavity of the mouth or throat. This is a word of very general signification.

cavity

English

Noun

cavity ‎(plural cavities)

A hole or hollow depression.
A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
(dentistry) A soft area in a decayed tooth.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:hole
(dentistry): caries

Derived terms

buccal cavity
cavity back
cavity batten
cavity coupling
cavity fill
cavity filter
cavity impedence
cavity magnetron

cavity oscillator
cavity radiator
cavity resonance
cavity tray
cavity tuning
cavity vent
cavity wall
oral cavity

Related terms

Translations

hole or hollow depression

Armenian: խորշ (hy) ‎(xorš)
Bulgarian: дупка (bg) f ‎(dupka), вдлъбнатина (bg) f ‎(vdlǎbnatina)
Catalan: cavitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 孔穴 (zh) ‎(kǒngxué), 空腔 (zh) ‎(kōngqiāng)
Czech: dutina (cs) f
German: Hohlraum (de), Gravur (de), Aushöhlung, Loch (de)
Greek: τρύπα (el) n ‎(trýpa)
Italian: cavità (it) f, alveolo m, incavo (it) m
Japanese: 空洞 (ja) ‎(くうどう, kūdō)

Latgalian: dūbs
Latvian: dobums m
Manx: towl m
Maori: pakohu
Polish: wydrążenie n, dziura (pl) f
Portuguese: cavidade (pt)
Russian: впа́дина (ru) f ‎(vpádina), дыра́ (ru) f ‎(dyrá), я́ма (ru) f ‎(jáma)
Spanish: cavidad (es) f
Volapük: kev (vo)

hollow area within the body

Armenian: խոռոչ (hy) ‎(xoṙočʿ)
Bulgarian: кухина (bg) f ‎(kuhina)
Catalan: cavitat (ca) f
Czech: dutina (cs) f
German: Höhle (de) f
Greek: κοιλότητα (el) f ‎(koilótita)
Hebrew: חָלָל (he) m ‎(ḥalál)

Italian: cavità (it) f
Japanese: 腔 (ja) ‎(こう, kō)
Latvian: dobums m
Portuguese: cavidade (pt) f
Russian: по́лость (ru) f ‎(pólostʹ)
Spanish: cavidad (es) f
Volapük: kevil

soft area in a decayed tooth

Bulgarian: кариес m ‎(karies)
Catalan: càries f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蟲牙 (zh), 虫牙 (zh) ‎(chóngyá)
French: carie (fr) f
German: Karies (de) f, Loch (de) n (colloquial)
Greek: κουφάλα (el) f ‎(koufála)

Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᓂᖅ ‎(auniq)
Italian: carie (it) f
Japanese: 虫歯 (ja) ‎(mushiba)
Polish: ubytek (pl) m
Portuguese: cárie (pt) f
Russian: ка́риес (ru) m ‎(kárijes)
Spanish: caries (es) f
Swedish: karies (sv), tandröta (sv), hål (sv) n

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