BUCCAL CAVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buccal cavity mean? 

• BUCCAL CAVITY (noun)
  The noun BUCCAL CAVITY has 1 sense:

1. the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks

  Familiarity information: BUCCAL CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUCCAL CAVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cavity between the jaws and the cheeks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("buccal cavity" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Holonyms ("buccal cavity" is a part of...):

mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)

 Context examples 

A microbiology subdiscipline concerned with microorganisms of the buccal cavity.

(Oral Microbiology, NCI Thesaurus)

The mucosal membranes located on the inside of the cheek, in the buccal cavity.

(Buccal mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)