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root canal

1. A pulp-filled channel in a root of a tooth.

2. A treatment in which diseased tissue from this part of the tooth is removed and the resulting cavity is filled with an inert material.

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root canal

(Dentistry) the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerves and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity

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root′ canal`

1. the root portion of the pulp cavity of a tooth.

2. root canal therapy (def. 2).

[1890–95]

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

passageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"

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

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