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[kav-i-tee]

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noun, plural -ties.

any hollow place; hollow.

Anatomy. a hollow space within the body, an organ, a bone, etc.

a hollow space or a pit in a tooth, most commonly produced by caries. A cavity may be artificially made to support dental restorations.

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Origin:
1535–45; < Middle French cavite < Late Latin cavitās hollowness, equivalent to Latin cav(us) hollow + -itās -ity

Related forms

cav·i·tied, adjective

sub·cav·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.

un·cav·i·tied, adjective

Synonyms
1. See hole.

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X-rays may be taken yearly to detect possible cavity development in high risk areas of the mouth.

There will be a cavity in the water near your armpit where you snatch air.

From there, the surgeon cuts a hole in the stomach wall to enter the abdominal cavity and perform the operation.

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X-rays may be taken yearly to detect possible cavity development in high risk areas of the mouth.

There will be a cavity in the water near your armpit where you snatch air.

From there, the surgeon cuts a hole in the stomach wall to enter the abdominal cavity and perform the operation.

Mated pairs migrate to and breed in the northern parts of their range and build nests on the ground or in a protected cavity.

The evacuated cavity is left empty, filling with cerebrospinal fluid in a day or so.

The study is about what was inside the dinosaur's body cavity when it died.

Fill the pumpkin cavity about two-thirds full with moistened potting soil.

Snug cavity protects laptop from unnecessary rattle.

Secondary peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the tissue lining the abdominal cavity.

The result was remarkable: a material consisting of billions of tiny magnets, each rotating in its own cavity.

In all other mammals, the lungs are surrounded by two layers of a thin membrane called the pleural cavity.

The torrent of energy excavates a large transient cavity in the ocean and creates a dent in the ocean floor below.

Its brain cavity in proportion to the size of its body was more diminutive than that of any other vertebrate.

Carve another cavity at the bottom for a battery-operated lantern.

The gaseous gusts are thought to carve out a large cavity in the dust at the center of the picture, where new stars are forming.

Remove the package of gizzards, heart, liver and neck from the cavity of the chicken.

Only when you stand on a stool to look over the screen do you realise that his chest cavity has already been cut open.

It can take a pileated woodpecker pair six weeks to finish making their nest cavity.

Bile acids dissolve fat in water in the intestinal cavity.

Mirasol displays work by modulating an optical cavity to reflect the desired wavelength of light.

Season the cavity well with salt and pepper and fill with stuffing.

We veer rightwards to avoid another giant cavity in the road.

Ultraviolet radiation and violent winds from these stars have created a large cavity in the reddish debris enveloping the cluster.

If he has used his body cavity instead of his underwear, then even body scanners wouldn't have detected it.

Found within the body cavity is the preserved skeleton of a smaller fish of unknown species.

The peritoneum is the membrane lining the abdominal cavity.

No one can possibily have control on what's inside of his brain cavity.

Dab the fish dry and fill the belly cavity with the crushed garlic.

Fluid is leaking in the brain cavity putting pressure on the nervous system.

They then filled the spinal cavity around the injured area with blocks of hydrogel laced with stem cells from rat bone marrow.

Remove giblets and neck from duck cavity and discard or reserve for another use.

The device rests in the chest cavity adjacent to the real heart.

During a radar survey they detected a cavity beneath the torture mural.

Then choose which section to dissect first: the head, the body cavity or the legs.

The lungs are paired organs that lie in the thoracic cavity.

Silt and leaf fragments clog the eye sockets and nasal cavity.

At a high enough velocity, this causes such low pressures that a cavity forms.

The patient will experience a dull ache around the nose and sinus cavity that can be treated with pain medication.

When the mold is fired, the wax melts, leaving a cavity that can then be filled with molten metal.

Picture each cell as a rectangular cavity that is filled with liquid.

Remove the giblets and excess fat from the cavity of the chicken and sprinkle it inside and out with salt and pepper.

Another puncture hole is present on the right side of the brain cavity.

The physicists guided the light beams into a cavity containing a silicon wafer one micrometer thick.

For a quick home remedy, doctors recommend irrigating the sinus cavity with a mild saline solution.

It was glistening and red and beating rhythmically inside his open chest cavity.

For many dentists, the laser has revolutionized cavity hunting by spotting even the slightest decay.

The other is persistent fluid in the middle-ear cavity without response to treatment.

Also called the orbit and eye socket orbital cavity fossil: noun: remnant, impression, or trace of an ancient organism.

There really isn't anything more terrifying than the thought of a parasite inside your body exploding from your chest cavity.

Wipe turkey inside and out and salt and pepper the cavity.

The dart features a rear cavity that fits into the throwing board's spur, keeping the dart parallel.

The lava surface occasionally spattered, and both rose and drained through holes in the cavity floor.

Remove the fat from the crop and cavity of the chicken.

After a few moments the air would trigger nerve endings to cause the nasal cavity and the lungs to swell up.

Sprinkle the cavity of the turkey with salt and pepper to taste.

We also tried chewing on a tiny bit of leaf that they use to numb their teeth if they have a cavity or toothache.

With a paring knife remove hull and inner core of each berry to form a cavity.

Bright yellow fat deposits find their way into every available cavity within our body, even inside our blood vessels.

The nasal cavity is the first part of the respiratory system where air enters to begin the breathing process.

But, it was natural cavity they said, so it wasn't my fault.

When the cavity is the right depth, remove the stone and soak it and the cavity with water.

Sprinkle the inside of the cavity with paprika and some coarse-ground black pepper.

Diet is another contributing factor to cavity susceptibility.

The microwave field induces a current in the wire, which leads out of the cavity to a series of circuits.

Usually, they'll excavate a cavity in an old snag, or use a natural cavity in the same sort of structure.

The electrons form an unstable bubble of charge that oscillates in a cavity designed for the purpose.

The birds did not fight off their attackers, even as some mice fed inside the body cavity of one albatross chick.

By means of a clockwork mechanism, a cavity in the flower is alternately opened and closed.

Make sure liquids have drained out of the cavity and pat dry the inside of the turkey.

The holes should enter the wall cavity directly beneath the existing box and the opening for the new one.

He stuffed the tusk cavity with straw to preserve the shape of the hollow base.

Maybe growing a second brain in our body cavity to give us more brain power.

The handle has an internal cavity containing a compressed gas source and the blade is affixed to the handle.

Sitting directly between the lens and the retina is a cavity known as the vitreous or vitreous humor.

First, the momma fly injects her eggs into the body cavity of the ant host.

Ultraviolet radiation and winds from the cluster have carved out a cavity in the haze of interstellar smog around.

Mix salt and pepper together and rub mixture all over skin and inside cavity of turkey.

The geometry of this design allows the robot to hollow out a cavity from within the prostate gland.

The muscles between the ribs have been removed, and the lungs can be seen in the chest cavity.

Lower chicken over can so that can is inside chicken cavity.

The heart and lungs are located in the thorax, or chest cavity.

Stuff main cavity and neck cavity, then skewer or truss to close.

Goh put his hands inside the cavity and held the lobes apart while the final piece of skull was drilled through.

Stuff cavity with garlic, bay leaf, lemon and thyme.

Add giblets and pack each cavity with fourth of parsley.

Place folded piece of aluminum foil inside cavity opening.

Meanwhile, remove the morels from the pheasant cavity.

Place two to three whole sticks of rosemary inside the cavity and sprinkle the leaves from the remaining sticks on top.

Stir in the parsley, season with salt and pepper and stuff the mixture into the goose cavity.

The restricted chest cavity is also less able to expand when breathing.

The cavernous sinus is a cavity at the base of the brain that contains a vein, several nerves, and.

Sonett said doctors entered the chest cavity with a small videoscope.

These fasteners have spring-loaded wings that open in the cavity behind the wall.

The bunker roof will be removed and the cavity filled.

Scoop out the vegetables from the cavity of the turkey and add them to the liquid in the roasting pan.

He had it in his nasal cavity three years ago and it was removed.

Remove from oven and scoop out and discard seeds from central cavity.

The surgeon implants the wafer directly into the surgical cavity after a tumor is removed.

Discard everything except the body cavity and the tentacles.

In a new version of this procedure, a balloon is placed in the uterine cavity via a catheter.

Diagnosis and management of suspicious lesions of the oral cavity.

If using a country loaf, pull out some soft interior crumb to form a cavity.

Stuff salmon with as much parsley and dill as will fit in cavity and place fish on scallions.

Goodman's abdominal cavity and connected to the left ventricle of his heart by a short hose.

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World English Dictionary

cavity (ˈkævɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	a hollow space; hole
2.	dentistry See caries a soft decayed area on a tooth
3.	any empty or hollow space within the body: the oral cavity
4.	electronics See cavity resonator

[C16: from French cavité, from Late Latin cavitās, from Latin cavus hollow]

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Word Origin & History

cavity

1540s, from M.Fr. cavité, from L.L. cavitas "hollowness," from L. cavus "hollow" (see cave).

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Medical Dictionary

cavity cav·i·ty (kāv'ĭ-tē)
n.