Synonyms for cavity
ˈkæv ɪ ticav·i·ty

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1. pit, cavitynoun

   a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

   "they dug a pit to bury the body"

   Synonyms:
   fossa, stone pit, infernal region, enclosed space, quarry, cavum, dental caries, nether region, endocarp, pit, stone, perdition, caries, colliery, tooth decay, pitfall, orchestra pit, bodily cavity

2. cavity, enclosed spacenoun

   space that is surrounded by something

   Synonyms:
   bodily cavity, pit, enclosed space, caries, cavum, tooth decay, dental caries

3. cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decaynoun

   soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

   Synonyms:
   bodily cavity, pit, enclosed space, caries, cavum, tooth decay, dental caries

4. cavity, bodily cavity, cavumnoun

   (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

   Synonyms:
   bodily cavity, pit, enclosed space, caries, cavum, tooth decay, dental caries

Matched Categories

1. • Anatomy
   • Decay
   • Hole
   • Space
   • Structure

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cavitynoun

   Synonyms:
   hollow, aperture, opening

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cavity":

   recess, pit, carrie

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. cavity

   Synonyms:
   Anatomy-cavitas Ballistics Dentistry Tuberculosis

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1. Frank Verstraete:

   There are two other species that can get chronic inflammation of the mouth. The first one is the dog and obviously we would like at treatment for dogs as well, but even more importantly humans also get inflammation of their oral cavity.

2. Jason Conn:

   They’re in the roof cavity of your house. If your house is not well sealed, they’re in bed with you. People are getting bitten in bed, it doesn’t relent, that’s for sure.

3. Courtesy Houston Humane Society Warwick:

   As their body temperature dropped, they were no longer able to hold on inside the cavity of the bridge, some of them started to become so hypothermic they lost their footing and dropped.

4. Thomas Steinemann:

   Conjunctiva is modified mucus membrane, like the inside of your mouth or the inside of your nose or nasal cavity and pharynx, it's moist and nice and hospitable for viruses, in fact there's lots of organisms that can stick very readily to Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva, or for that matter, stick on a contact lens that is also resting on Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva.

5. Stephanie Baker:

   This find really challenged us. We compared the assembled skullcap to all of the other examples of hominins in the Cradle area. Eventually, its teardrop shape and relatively big brain cavity meant we were looking at Homo erectus.