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ROOT CANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does root canal mean? 

ROOT CANAL (noun)
  The noun ROOT CANAL has 1 sense:

1. the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavityplay

  Familiarity information: ROOT CANAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROOT CANAL (noun)


Sense 1

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))


 Context examples 


Creation of a visual window of the apex of the root that includes retrofilling the apical portion of the root canal.

(Apical Endodontic Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)

An endodontic filling technique which compresses the filling material, gutta percha, parallel to the long tooth axis in the root canal.

(Lateral Condensation, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone-like rigid connective tissue covering the root of a tooth from the cementoenamel junction to the apex and lining the apex of the root canal.

(Cementum, NCI Thesaurus)



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