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Meaning of "body cavity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BODY CAVITY

body cavity play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BODY CAVITY

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Body cavity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BODY CAVITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Body cavity

By the broadest definition, a body cavity is any fluid-filled space in a multicellular organism, other than those of vessels. However, the term usually refers to the space located between an animal’s outer covering, and the outer lining of the gut cavity, where internal organs develop. "The human body cavity", normally refers to the ventral body cavity, because it is by far the largest one in volume.

Definition of body cavity in the English dictionary

The definition of body cavity in the dictionary is the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BODY CAVITY

body armour
body art
body bag
body beautiful
body belt
body blow
body building
body clock
body colour
body combat
body copy
body corporate
body count
body double
body dysmorphic disorder
body fascism
body fat
body fluids
body hair
body horror

WORDS THAT END LIKE BODY CAVITY

acceleration due to gravity
acceleration of gravity
activity
air cavity
antigravity
biconcavity
cavity
centre of gravity
concavity
depravity
gravity
microgravity
pulp cavity
quantum gravity
resonant cavity
specific gravity
suavity
subcavity
supergravity
total depravity
zero gravity

Synonyms and antonyms of body cavity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «body cavity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BODY CAVITY

Find out the translation of body cavity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of body cavity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «body cavity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

体腔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cavidad corporal
570 millions of speakers

English

body cavity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शरीर गुहा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجويف الجسم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полость тела
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cavidade corporal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শরীরের গহ্বর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cavité corporelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rongga badan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Körperhöhle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

体腔
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

체강
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rongga awak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khoang cơ thể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உடல் குழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शरीरातील पोकळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Vücut boşluğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cavità del corpo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jamy ciała
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порожнина тіла
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cavitate a corpului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοιλότητα του σώματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liggaamsholte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kroppskavitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kroppens hulrom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of body cavity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BODY CAVITY»

The term «body cavity» is regularly used and occupies the 102.565 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BODY CAVITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «body cavity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «body cavity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about body cavity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BODY CAVITY»

Discover the use of body cavity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to body cavity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biology: Understanding Life
COELOMATE (fluid-filled body cavity lined with connective tissue) Body covering Internal organ Muscle layer — Gut — Coelom ""— Lining tissue (peritoneum) PSEUDOCOELOMATE (fluid-filled body cavity not completely lined by tissue) ...
Sandra Alters, 2000
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Body Cavity Bombers: The New Martyrs: A Terrorism Research ...
Such a practice also represents a gray legal area in Islamic jurisprudence though no specific religious guidance exists that makes it explicitly haram (forbidden)[69] . The subject of body cavity implants, specifically those to be utilized as bombs ...
Robert J. Bunker, Christopher Flaherty, 2013
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Biology: Concepts and Applications
More typically, bilateral animals have a coelom, a body cavity lined with a tissue derived from mesoderm (Figure 23.3C). A fluid-filled coelom or pseudocoelom provides three advantages. First, materials can diffuse through the fluid to body ...
Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr, 2010
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Morphology, Molecules, Evolution and Phylogeny in Polychaeta ...
... body cavity, coelom, acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, peritoneum, myoepithelium Abstract The biphasic life cycle in annelids is characterized by two completely different types of organisation, i.e. the acoelomate/pseudocoelomate larva and ...
Thomas Bartolomaeus, Günter Purschke, 2006
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Dental Anatomy Coloring Book
__ is a body cavity that is divided into the abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity, but there is no physical barrier between these two subdivisions, only an imaginary line from the pubis up and back to the top of the sacrum dividing them. 4. The ...
Margaret J. Fehrenbach, 2013
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Biology of Arthropoda
The history of the peripheral phagocytoblast in Bilateria is closely bound up with the development of the body cavity. The peripheral phagocytoblast takes part in the formation of the skin and the gut, forming the accessory, mesodermal parts of  ...
D.R. Khanna, 2004
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Human Anatomy' 2007 Ed.2007 Edition
Dorsal Body Cavity The dorsal body cavity has two subdivisions: (1) the cranial ( CRAY-nee-ul) cavity, which is enclosed by the cranium (braincase) and contains the brain, and (2) the vertebral canal, which is enclosed by the vertebral column ...
Saladin, Kenneth
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Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life: Numerical ...
The matrix is organized to determine if the body cavity is preferentially attacked. In this example, the expected frequencies are determined by the fact that the body cavity comprises 60% of the surface area of the brachiopod; therefore the ...
Marc Laflamme, James D. Schiffbauer, Stephen Q. Dornbos, 2011
9
A Practical Approach to Pediatric Anesthesia
Robert S. Holzman DEVELOPMENT OF THE BODY CAVITY AND WALL The major body cavities — the thoracic or pleural, the abdominal or peritoneal, and the pericardial- — are the result of the partitioning of the intraembryonic coelom, ...
Robert S. Holzman, Thomas J. Mancuso, David M. Polaner, 2008
10
Effusion Cytology: A Practical Guide to Cancer Diagnosis
This highly illustrated volume will provide handy information for residents, fellows, and general pathologists with a step-by-step guide to evaluation of BCF specimens with the specific goal of identification of malignancies.
Parvin Ganjei-Azar, MD, Mercè Jordà, Awtar Krishan, PhD, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BODY CAVITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term body cavity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bed bugs' odd genetic inheritance might help manage infestations
This might not sound as intriguing as the fact that a male bed bug ejaculates right into the body cavity of a female bed bug. But it is. Unlike the ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
2
Police believe Sparta woman hid pot in body cavity
RIVERDALE — A Sparta woman pulled over for swerving between lanes on Route 23 early Thursday morning stuffed marijuana down her ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
3
Helen Bynum on Bed Bugs
... grasping a female, the males stab the abdomen of the female with a specialized penislike organ, injecting sperm directly into her body cavity. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
In Resolving Darwin's Doubt, New Cambrian Animal Fossils Are No …
For a long time, animals were lumped together by their type of body cavity (coelom). That's changed; in 1997, Aguinaldo invented the category ... «Discovery Institute, Jul 15»
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US Soldiers Get $134M in Suit Against Gitmo's Youngest Detainee …
... forced nakedness, body cavity searches, forced feeding, short-shackling in stress positions, prolonged solitary confinement, cell conditions of ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
6
Lonely flatworms inject sperm into their own heads
The sperm then presumably swim through the body cavity to the ovaries where development of a hatchling can begin. As convenient as it might ... «Science /AAAS, Jul 15»
7
New garbage truck lessens wear and tear on roadways
“It has a split-body cavity so recyclables go on side and trash goes on the other.” So rather than two separate trucks having to make the rounds, ... «Hanford Sentinel, Jul 15»
8
Meriden man claims he was sexually abused by police officers
A man is suing the city of Meriden after he said a traffic stop four years ago resulted in an unlawful body cavity search. He said he was abused ... «WFSB, Jun 15»
9
Vineland woman found with crack cocaine and pipe in 'body cavity
MILLVILLE — The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department conducted concentrated patrols in the Holly City over a two-day period. Due to the ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
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With slain officer Daryle Holloway buried, NOPD chief's focus turns …
"When a person is under arrest, (officers) are allowed to do a full search, with the exception of a body cavity search, which obviously has to be ... «NOLA.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Body cavity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/body-cavity>. Apr 2024 ».
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