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cavitary

cavitary adjective: of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.

Adjective

cavitary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
    • With that sentence, Orman entered the unfamiliar world of oncology – swallowed, like his own lump, into the bizarre, cavitary universe of cancer.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 151

Origin of cavitary

From Latin cavitas (“cavity”) + -ary.

Words formed from cavitary

Questions about cavitary

What does cavitary mean?
Cavitary means of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
What part of speech is cavitary?
Cavitary is an adjective.

Words near cavitary in the dictionary

  1. Cavish
  2. Cavit
  3. cavital
  4. cavitand
  5. cavitands
  6. cavitary
  7. cavitate
  8. cavitated
  9. cavitates
  10. cavitating
  11. cavitation

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