Definition of oral cavity Oral cavity
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What does oral cavity mean?
WordNet
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| oral cavity - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" | ||
| mouth, oral fissure, rima oris | ||
| rima a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts | ||
| mouth the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth" | ||
| teeth, dentition the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | ||
| glossa, lingua, clapper, tongue metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side | ||
| cakehole, maw, yap, gob, hole, trap a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm" | ||
| buccal cavity the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks | ||
| gingiva, gum the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth | ||
| palate, roof of the mouth the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities | ||
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Wiktionary 
- oral cavity (Noun)
mouth.
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oral cavity
Cavity that is limited by the lips in front, the cheeks on the side, the soft and hard palate at the top and the floor of the mouth below.
