- pulp cavity
- pulp cavity n the central cavity of a tooth containing the dental pulp and being made up of the root canal and the pulp chamber
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cavitas dentis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
pulp cavity
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pulp cavity — noun the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal) • Hypernyms: ↑cavity, ↑bodily cavity, ↑cavum • Part Holonyms: ↑tooth • Part Meronyms: ↑root canal … Useful english dictionary
pulp cavity — Dentistry. the entire space occupied by pulp, composed of the root canal and pulp chamber. [1830 40] * * * … Universalium
pulp cavity — a cavity inside a tooth from which vascularisation is spread via canaliculi (Herman et al., 1994) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Pulp — Pulp, n. [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F. pulpe.] A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically: (a) (Anat.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pulp chamber — n the part of the pulp cavity lying in the crown of a tooth * * * cavitas coronalis … Medical dictionary
pulp — 1. A soft, moist, coherent solid. SYN: pulpa [TA]. 2. SYN: dental p.. 3. SYN: chyme. [L. pulpa, flesh] coronal p. SYN: crown p.. crown p. [TA] that portion of the dental p. contained within the p … Medical dictionary
pulp — n. 1) a soft mass of tissue (for example, of the spleen, in which there is both red pulp and white pulp). 2) the mass of connective tissue in the pulp cavity, at the centre of a tooth. It is surrounded by dentine except where it communicates with … The new mediacal dictionary
pulp chamber — noun : the part of the pulp cavity lying in the crown of a tooth see tooth illustration * * * Dentistry. the crown portion of the pulp cavity. [1870 75] … Useful english dictionary
pulp chamber — Dentistry. the crown portion of the pulp cavity. [1870 75] * * * … Universalium
pulp canal — noun : the part of the pulp cavity lying in the root of a tooth * * * Dentistry. See root canal. [1835 45] … Useful english dictionary
