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Examples of body cavity in a Sentence
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Within what would have been the dinosaur’s body cavity were the dismembered remains of two smaller, parrot-like dinosaurs that lived in the same habitat.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
After 25–30 days, the larvae become large cysts within the shrimp's body cavity.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2023
Most often, a tube is rigged by inserting an appropriately sized jighead into the body cavity.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
Brown’s attorneys say she was held at the facility for over two hours, during which at least three officers — two of whom are identified in the lawsuit as Troy Lawrence Jr. and Matthew Wallace — allegedly subjected her to strip and body cavity searches without her consent.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
Officers allegedly forced Brown, 51, to expose herself in a strip search and examined her body cavities with a flashlight.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
After completely thawing the turkey, remove the giblets and the neck from the body cavity (usually in a sack inside the bird).
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
These specific findings were later upended, as the vegetation found in the dinosaur's stomach turned out to be debris that washed into the body cavity after death.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
Penzone pointed at the initial intake, the first search deputies do of someone entering the jail, as a blind spot, asserting that civil rights protections prevent them from doing body cavity searches.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near body cavity
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“Body cavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20cavity. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
body cavity
noun
: a cavity within an animal body
especially
: coelom
Medical Definition
body cavity
noun
: a cavity within an animal body
specifically
: coelom
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