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root canal definition

root canal

  1. a small, tubular channel, normally filled with pulp, in the root of a tooth
  2. a treatment or procedure involving the opening, cleaning, filling, etc. of a root canal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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