root canal

English

Noun

root canal (plural root canals)

  2. (anatomy, dentistry) The hollow part of the root of a tooth, containing the nerve and blood vessels.
  4. (dentistry, metonymic) A surgical operation on a root canal (endodontic therapy), typically filling it with gutta-percha.

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.