"root canal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: root canals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} root canal (plural root canals)
  1. (anatomy, dentistry) The hollow part of the root of a tooth, containing the nerve and blood vessels. Translations (hollow part of the root of a tooth): conducte radicular [masculine] (Catalan), juurikanava (Finnish), Wurzelkanal [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-root_canal-en-noun-en:passage_inside_tooth_for_nerve_and_blood_vessels Categories (other): Anatomy, Dentistry, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 63 37 Topics: anatomy, dentistry, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'hollow part of the root of a tooth': 93 7
  2. (dentistry, metonymic) A surgical operation on a root canal (endodontic therapy), typically filling it with gutta-percha. Tags: metonymically Related terms: endodontics Translations (surgical operation on a root canal): conducte radicular [masculine] (Catalan), juurihoito (Finnish), Wurzelkanalbehandlung [feminine] (German), gyökérkezelés (Hungarian), endodonti (Turkish), kanal tedavisi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-root_canal-en-noun-en:endodontic_therapy Categories (other): English metonyms, Dentistry, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'surgical operation on a root canal': 6 94

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