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ORAL CAVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
Example:
he stuffed his mouth with candy
Synonyms:
mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oral cavity" is a kind of...):
rima (a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts)
Meronyms (parts of "oral cavity"):
dentition; teeth (the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal)
clapper; glossa; lingua; tongue (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)
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)
salivary gland (any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oral cavity"):
cakehole; gob; hole; maw; trap; yap (informal terms for the mouth)
Holonyms ("oral cavity" is a part of...):
mouth (the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening)
Context examples:
A rare benign neoplasm that arises from the oral cavity, usually the tongue.
(Oral Cavity Benign Granular Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare neoplasm that arises from the oral cavity, usually the tongue.
(Oral Cavity Granular Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign smooth muscle neoplasm arising from the oral cavity.
(Oral Cavity Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A white patch or plaque on the oral cavity mucosa that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease.
(Oral Cavity Leukoplakia, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by an abnormal communication between the oral cavity and another organ or anatomic site.
(Oral Cavity Fistula, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
An abnormal communication between the oral cavity and the adjacent tissues.
(Oral Cavity Fistula, NCI Thesaurus)
Cancer that forms in tissues of the oral cavity (the mouth).
(Oral cavity cancer, NCI Dictionary)
A carcinoma arising in the oral cavity.
(Oral Cavity Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the oral cavity.
(Oral Cavity Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
An substance intended for use on the teeth or gingiva in the oral cavity.
(Dental Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
