cavitary

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.

OriginLatin cavitas →
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Meanings

adjectivecavitary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf 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

  1. Latincavitas“cavity”
  2. Englishcavitary

From Latin cavitas (“cavity”) + -ary.

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Translations

Spanish cavitario
  • cavitarioof or pertaining to a body cavity
Cite this entry
APA

cavitary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavitary

MLA

“cavitary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavitary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cavitary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavitary.

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