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noun
A recess or hollow.
The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the helix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A recess or hollow.
The nasal cavity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A fallstreak hole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cavity, bodily cavity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
Narrower terms: blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity, archenteron, sinus, locule, loculus, lumen, socket, pulp cavity, eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity, buccal cavity, antrum, cloaca, vestibule, mediastinum, middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum, pleural cavity, chamber, cranial cavity, intracranial cavity, amniotic cavity, peritoneal cavity, greater peritoneal sac, bursa omentalis, omental bursa, lesser peritoneal cavity, pericardial cavity, pericardial space, vacuole, ventricle, sac, uterine cavity, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, cecum, caecum, blind gut, tubular cavity, armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa, chest cavity, thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, abdomen, pelvis, renal pelvis, pelvic cavity, celom, coelom, celoma, pit, fossa
History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin cavum (“a hollow, hole”). Doublet of cave and cavus.
