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buccal cavity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
buc-cal -cav-i-ty
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures.

noun

The first part of the stomodaeum, lying just within the mouth; its dilator muscles arising on the clypeus, and inserted before the frontal ganglion and its connectives.

Etymology

From buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) + cavity (“hollow area”).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

buccal cavities (plural)

Synonyms

mouth oral cavity mouth cavity

Questions

What does buccal cavity mean?
The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures.
Where does buccal cavity come from?
From buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) + cavity (“hollow area”).

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