ROOT CANAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("root canal" is a kind of...):

passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)

Holonyms ("root canal" is a part of...):

pulp cavity (the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal))

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