1. An enclosure made partly or completely of open work and commonly used to house animals. 2. A structure resembling such an enclosure. [M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. cavea, hollow, stall]
- thoracic c. [TA] the skeleton of the thorax consisting of the thoracic vertebrae, ribs, costal cartilages, and sternum. SYN: cavea thoracis [TA], compages thoracis.
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capillary affinity gel electrophoresis; cut down, annoyed by criticism, guilty about drinking, eye-opener drinks (a test for alcoholism)
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cage 'kāj n an arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside
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(kāj) a box or enclosure.Medical dictionary. 2011.