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oral cavity
Also known as the buccal cavity,oropharynx and glossopharyngeal cavity
stoma/o, stomy, or oro (oral cavity, also common)
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∙ 12y agoThe Latin term used in medicine is "per os" which means literally "by mouth". It is usually abbreviated as PO or p.o.
Other medical terms used for by mouth are: orally, oral administration, and simply: by mouth.
A related term, NPO, stands for "nil per os" which means "nothing by mouth". This is often used in relationship to preparation for testing or surgery when you need to be fasting before the procedure or lab.
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∙ 12y agoPerioral or circumoral is the medical term for around the mouth.
Oral or buccal can both be used to describe the mouth. For instance the mouth itself can be called the oral cavity or the buccal cavity. If you are talking about the space just around the mouth it would be perioral.
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∙ 11y agoIngestion
Eating is "ingestion"; chewing is "mastication"; swallowing is "peristalsis."
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∙ 11y agoIngestion is the process of taking food into the body through the mouth.
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∙ 12y agoOral. The combining form or/o means mouth and the suffix -al means pertaining to. When reading medical terminology, you start from the suffic then to the word root.
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∙ 12y agoPhagia is the term used to describe eating, it can also be combined as in polyphagia (increased eating).
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∙ 9y agoIntraoral is the medical term meaning within the mouth.
Stoma is the medical term for mouth or opening.
Stoma- is the medical terminology combining form meaning mouth. It can be found in words like stomatitis (inflammation of the mouth) or xerostomia (dry mouth).
stomatitis
Stomatalgia is the medical term meaning mouth pain.
Oral means pertaining to the mouth.
Orogastric
stomatomycosis - any disease of the mouth due to a fungus.Oral Thrush (candidiasis)AspergillosisCryptococcosisHistoplasmosisBlastomycosisParacoccidioidomycosisZygomycosisSource: MedscapeThrush and trenchmouth are two common names. The infection can be treated by eating plain yogurt every day, but if that does not work, then a physician will prescribe an anti-fungal medicine.Stomatomycosis refers to any disease of the mouth due to a fungus. Thrush is one example of such a disease.stomatitisstematomycosis
Extraoral is the medical term meaning outside the mouth.
Pharynx is the medical term meaning throat.Pharynxpharynx
The medical term for the bones of the roof of the mouth is "palate."
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Retropharyngeal is the medical term meaning behind the pharynx.