root canal (redirected from root canals)

root canal

n.

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

n

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

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Noun

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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)