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The initial filing had sought an injunction to stop the practice of body cavity searches of women visitors entirely, but that was not part of the settlement agreement detailed Monday.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
Be warned, the film is not for the faint of heart with its oozing body cavities, slithering viscera, and firehose blasts of blood.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
The chuckwalla then puffs their body cavity out like a balloon, lodges its rough scales into the cave's walls and becomes unreachable.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2024
His body was not properly mummified; his organs were not removed (evisceration), and no embalming fluids were placed inside his body cavity.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
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“Body cavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20cavity. Accessed 2 Nov. 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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