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CECUM |
Body cavity |
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SINUS |
Body cavity |
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FOLLICLE |
Small cavity on the body |
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COELUM |
See Body cavity, under Body. |
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VENTRICULUS |
The body cavity of a sponge. |
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CAVITARY |
Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid
worms. |
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NEPHROSTOME |
The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body
cavity. |
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SEPTUM |
One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity
of an annelid. |
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PERIGASTRIC |
Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity
of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata. |
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INSUFFLATION |
The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any
cavity of the body. |
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PROBE |
To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the
body, with a probe. |
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MESENTERY |
One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which
divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers. |
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MESOARIUM |
The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the
dorsal wall of the body cavity. |
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ACETABULUM |
The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at
its articulation with the body. |
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PHANEROCODONIC |
Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with
a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes. |
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DROPSY |
An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous
cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. |
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EMPYEMA |
A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity
of the body, especially that of the pleura. |
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MESORCHIUM |
The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the
dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac. |
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REGURGITATION |
The reversal of the natural direction in which the
current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body. |
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PIT |
A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or
artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation |
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POCKET |
A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other
mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. |
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TAMPON |
A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of
the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of
medicine. |
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INJECTION |
That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine
thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an
enema. |
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HOLE |
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in
or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a
fissure. |
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EPICOELE |
A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of
the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of
vertebrates. |