PULP CAVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulp cavity mean? 

• PULP CAVITY (noun)
  The noun PULP CAVITY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PULP CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULP CAVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

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)

 Context examples 

The portion of the dental pulp cavity in the root of a tooth, extending from the pulp chamber to the apical foramen.

(Canalis Radicis Dentis, NCI Thesaurus)