See Also: superinvolution(medicine)
cavity(dictionary)
Cavity(health)
cavity(dictionary)
Cavity(medicine)
nasal cavity(medicine)
pleuroperitoneal cavity(medicine)
pulmonary cavity(medicine)
pulp cavity(medicine)
segmentation cavity(medicine)

cavity wall (sh) and superinvolution (medicine)


cavity wall (sh)




In architecture, a double wall consisting of two wythes (vertical layers) of masonry separated by an air space and joined together by metal ties.

The cavity allows moisture that penetrates the exterior wythe to drain. Cavity walling is used as both non-load-bearing infill for framed buildings and for bearing-wall construction.


superinvolution (medicine)


superinvolution


An extreme reduction in size of the uterus, after Childbirth, below the normal size of the nongravid organ.

Synonym: hyperinvolution.