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buccal cavity

buccal cavity 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

buccal cavity (plural buccal cavities)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

buccal cavity meaning in Tamil and Telugu

buccal cavity in Tamil

கன்னப்பொந்து, வாய்க்குழி, உள்வாய், வாயறை

buccal cavity in Telugu

buccal cavity, oral cavity
ముఖకుహరము mukhakuharamu

Synonyms of buccal cavity

Forms of buccal cavity

pluralbuccal cavities

Origin of buccal cavity

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

Questions about buccal cavity

What does buccal cavity mean?
Buccal cavity means 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.
What is buccal cavity in Tamil?
Buccal cavity in Tamil is கன்னப்பொந்து, வாய்க்குழி, உள்வாய். See Buccal cavity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is buccal cavity?
Buccal cavity is a noun.
What is the plural of buccal cavity?
The plural of buccal cavity is buccal cavities.

Words near buccal cavity in the dictionary

  1. bucc-
  2. bucca
  3. Bucca Wauka
  4. buccal
  5. buccal cavities
  6. buccal cavity
  7. buccal fat extraction
  8. buccal fat removal
  9. buccal nerve
  10. buccal nerves
  11. buccal pit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buccal cavity (page history and authors); buccal cavity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ముఖకుహరము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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