Meanings
plural buccal cavities
- 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.
Synonyms: mouth, oral cavity, mouth cavity
- 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe 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.
Origin
From buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) + cavity (“hollow area”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
buccal cavity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buccal%20cavity
“buccal cavity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buccal%20cavity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buccal cavity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buccal%20cavity.
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