Understanding something. How does your brain go from knowing something to understanding something?

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Until a few years ago, I always understood cavities as someTHING you can get on your teeth rather then an actual cavity/hole forming on your teeth. So how do I go from knowing a cavity as a word or object to understanding it as what it is, a cavity in my teeth. Is this simply caused by my stupid brain making a new physical connection between neurons or something else perhaps?

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Keep in mind that the word cavity has the same first three letters as the word cave. In fact, they both derive from the Latin word *cavus,* which means hollow.

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