cavum

Other forms of cavum

plural

cavums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cavum

What does cavum mean?

cavum means "(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body".

How many syllables are in cavum?

cavum has 2 syllables: ca-vum. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for cavum?

Close synonyms include cavity, bodily cavity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cavum a common word?

cavum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.