cavity

English

Etymology

From Late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóuhₓwos, from root Proto-Indo-European *ḱóuhₓ-

Noun

cavity (plural cavities)

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hole

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

• cave
• concave
• excavate
• excavation
• excavator

Translations

hole or hollow depression

Armenian: խորշ (hy) (xorš) Bulgarian: дупка (bg) f., вдлъбнатина (bg) f. Czech: dutina (cs) f. Italian: cavità (it) f. Japanese: 空洞 (ja) (くうどう, kūdō)

Latvian: dobums (lv) m. Manx: towl (gv) m. Polish: wydrążenie n., dziura f. Spanish: cavidad (es) f. Volapük: kev (vo)

hollow area within the body

Armenian: խոռոչ (hy) (xoṙoč) Bulgarian: кухина (bg) f. Czech: dutina (cs) f. Italian: cavità (it) f.

Japanese: 腔 (ja) (こう, kō) Latvian: dobums (lv) m. Spanish: cavidad (es) f. Volapük: kevil (vo)

soft area in a decayed tooth

Bulgarian: кариес (bg) m. French: carie (fr) f. Italian: carie (it) f. Japanese: 虫歯 (mushiba) f. invariant

Polish: ubytek m. Spanish: caries f. Swedish: karies (sv), tandröta (sv), hål (sv) n.

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Translations to be checked

Korean: 굿 (gus, gut) Japanese: 虫歯 (mushiba)

External links

• cavity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• cavity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• cavity at OneLook Dictionary Search