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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Cavities

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[L.

cavus

hollow: cf. F.

cavité

Hollowness.

[Obs.]

The

cavity

or hollowness of the place.

Goodwin.

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 vomicæ.

Quain.

Body cavity

the cœlum. See under

Noun.

A hollow place; hollowness; an opening; as the cavity of the mouth or throat. This is a word of very general signification.