pulp

(pulp) [L. pul’pa]. Any soft, juicy animal or vegetable ti ue. p.-cavity, the space within a tooth containing the dental pulp: dental p., the soft, vascular ti ue occupying the central cavity of the dentin. digital p., the soft cushion on the palmar or plantar surface of the distal phalanx of a finger or. toe. mm ed p., dental pulp affected with dry gangrene. splenic p., the dark, reddish-brown substance which fills up the interspaces of the trabeculz of the spleen. p.-stome. Sce nodule, pulp. vertebral p., the soft central portion of an intervertebral disk.