oral cavity

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oral cavity

noun oral cavities

  1. The cavity of the mouth, especially the part of the mouth behind the gums and teeth that is bounded above by the hard and soft palates and below by the tongue and by the mucous membrane connecting it with the inner part of the mandible.

    Similar: mouth cavity

  2. rare, in haustellate insects The hollow on the lower surface of the head from which the proboscis protrudes.

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noun cavity of the mouth

中文口腔 kǒuqiāng
DeutschMundhöhle
Românăcavitate bucală
Русскийротова́я по́лость rotovája pólostʹ
Tiếng Việtkhoang miệng

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@misc{oral_cavity_2026,
  title = {oral cavity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oral%20cavity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}