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buckle cavity

buckle cavity noun: malapropistic misconstruction of buccal cavity.

Noun

buckle cavity

  1. Malapropistic misconstruction of buccal cavity
    • The patient is also asked to swallow his own saliva after two weeks of the operation by efficiently closing the buckle cavity.1975, R. G. Chambers, Cancer of the Head and Neck: Proceedings of an International Symposium, Montreux, Switzerland, April 2–4, 1975, Excerpta Medica, →ISBN, page 177, →ISBN
    • We have experienced a single case of a Rathke’s pouch cyst, which is a rare choristoma derived from a diverticulum of the embryonic buckle cavity (Fig. 11‒14).2003, Jack Rootman, Diseases of the Orbit: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Wolters Kluwer Health, →ISBN, page 424

Origin of buckle cavity

Due to the substitution of the correct buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) with its homophone and etymological relation buckle (“fastening metal rim”).

Questions about buckle cavity

What does buckle cavity mean?
Buckle cavity means malapropistic misconstruction of buccal cavity.
What part of speech is buckle cavity?
Buckle cavity is a noun.

Words near buckle cavity in the dictionary

  1. Buckland St Mary
  2. Bucklands
  3. buckle
  4. buckle bunnies
  5. buckle bunny
  6. buckle cavity
  7. buckle down
  8. buckle hat
  9. buckle hats
  10. buckle in
  11. buckle over

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