body cavity in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for body cavity in the English»French Dictionary

body cavity N

body cavity

cavité f corporelle

Translations for body cavity in the English»French Dictionary

sound body cavity

sonder

Translations for body cavity in the English»French Dictionary

cavity [Brit ˈkavɪti, Am ˈkævədi] N (gen)

cavity DENT, MED

cavité f

the chest/nasal cavity

la cavité pulmonaire/nasale

body [Brit ˈbɒdi, Am ˈbɑdi] N

1. body (of person, animal):

body

corps m

body and soul

corps et âme

to have just enough to keep body and soul together

avoir juste assez pour survivre

to sell one's body

se prostituer

all he wants is your body inf

tout ce qu'il veut, c'est coucher avec toi inf

2. body attr (for use on body):

body lotion, scrub

pour le corps

body care, paint

corporel/-elle

3. body (corpse):

body

corps m

body

cadavre m

a dead body

un cadavre

4. body (main section):

body (of car)

carrosserie f

body (of boat)

coque f

body (of aircraft)

fuselage m

body (of camera)

boîtier m

body (of violin, guitar)

caisse f de résonance

body (of text, type)

corps m

body (of dress)

corsage m

the body of the church

la nef

5. body attr MOTOR:

body repair

de carrosserie

6. body (large quantity):

body (of water)

étendue f

body (of laws)

recueil m (de lois)

body (of laws)

corps m (de lois)

a large body of evidence

un vaste faisceau de preuves

there is a body of opinion in favour of

l'ensemble m de l'opinion est en faveur de

the body of support for her is growing

le soutien en sa faveur va croissant

7. body (group):

body (of troops, students)

corps m

the student body

la masse des étudiants

the main body of demonstrators

le gros des manifestants

in a body

en masse

8. body (organization):

body

organisme m

advisory/official body

organisme consultatif/officiel

9. body PHYS:

body

corps m

10. body (fullness):

body (of wine)

corps m

body (of hair)

volume m

11. body (garment):

body

body m

12. body (person):

body inf, dated

bonhomme/bonne femme inf

m/f over my dead body!

plutôt mourir!

you'll do that over my dead body!

plutôt mourir que te laisser faire ça!

body cavity in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for body cavity in the English»French Dictionary

cavity <-ties> [ˈkævɪti, Am -t̬i] N

1. cavity ANAT:

cavity

cavité f

2. cavity (hollow space):

cavity

creux m

3. cavity (in a tooth):

cavity

carie f

body <-ies> [ˈbɒdi, Am ˈbɑ:di] N

1. body (physical structure):

body

corps m

body fig of wine

corps m

body of hair

volume m

2. body (group):

body

organisme m

legislative body

corps législatif

3. body (amount):

body

masse f

body of water

étendue f

body of evidence

accumulation de preuves

4. body (main part):

body car

carrosserie f

body plane

fuselage m

5. body (leotard):

body

body m

Phrases:

over my dead body!

plutôt mourir!

just enough to keep body and soul together

tout juste de quoi subsister

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

These are lined with numerous minute ciliated funnels that open directly into the body cavity, and are presumed to be excretory organs.

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There may also be papulae, thin-walled protrusions of the body cavity that reach through the body wall and extend into the surrounding water.

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A body cavity search was conducted at hospital.

ottawacitizen.com

This necessarily included her subjection to the body cavity search and being detained overnight in a cell in deplorable conditions.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

While in jail, she was subjected to strip and body cavity searches before and after every visitor.

www.vancouverobserver.com

She says she lost two businesses and suffered humiliating strip searches -- and body cavity searches -- during her time awaiting trial in the county's jail.

www.latimes.com

After being oxygenated, the blood flows into the body cavity, and back to the heart.

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The secondary body cavity, the coelom, forms by the partitioning of three body cavities.

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However, searches that intrude upon a traveler's personal dignity and privacy interests, such as strip and body cavity searches, must be supported by reasonable suspicion.

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The female produces the ova (eggs) in her ovaries, after which they pass through the body cavity and into one of her two oviducts.

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