PULP CAVITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal)

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pulp cavity" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "pulp cavity"):

root canal (the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity)

Holonyms ("pulp cavity" is a part of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)