Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cavities"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cavity \Cav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Cavities}. [L. cavus hollow: cf. F.
cavit['e].]
1. Hollowness. [Obs.]

The cavity or hollowness of the place. --Goodwin.

2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.

An instrument with a small cavity, like a small
spoon. --Arbuthnot.

Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed
in the lungs, which are designated cavities or
vomic[ae]. --Quain.

{Body cavity}, the c[oe]lum. See under {Body}.


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