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Caecum

A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.

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Cavity 76% connected

Hollowness.

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Appendix 70% connected

Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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Apparatus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

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Articulatio noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Base noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

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Bodily cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cingulum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

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Concha noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

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Cornu noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

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Fissure noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

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Fundus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…

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Groove noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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Hilum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Hilus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Incisura noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a notch or small hollow

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Words connected by meaning

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Abdomen noun · 78% connection

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cavity, open, blind, canal, duct.
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Antrum noun · 78% connection

A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cavity, open, blind, canal, duct.
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Bayard adjective · 78% connection

Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cavity, open, blind, canal, duct.
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Blastocoele noun · 78% connection

The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity.

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Blind adjective · 78% connection

Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cavity, open, blind, canal, duct.
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Blinding adjective · 78% connection

Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.

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Canal noun · 78% connection

A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.

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Celom noun · 78% connection

a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

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Celoma noun · 78% connection

a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

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Chamber noun · 78% connection

A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.

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Chronic glaucoma noun · 78% connection

glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision; "open-angle glaucoma is the most comm…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cavity, open, blind, canal, duct.
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Coarctation noun · 78% connection

A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.

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