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Units related to: “mouth”
ora-, or-, orat-; os- +
(Latin: oris, mouth, face; opening, entrance; talk, speak, say)
oro-, or-, ori-
(Latin: mouth, face; referring to the "mouth")
oscillo-, oscill-
(Latin: swing, vibrate, move, motion; from oscillum, a diminutive form of osoris, "mouth, face, small face")
oscula-
(Latin: kiss; from "little mouth"; lip [diminutive of os-, "mouth"])
stomato-, stomat-, stom-, -stoma, -stomatous, -stomous, -stome, -stomy, -ostomy, -ostome,
(Greek: mouth, opening; orifice)
bucco-, bucc-, bucca-, bucci-
(Latin: cheek; the inner or outer sides of the mouth and the face)
esophag-, esophago-
(Greek: gullet, throat [passage from the mouth to the stomach], that which carries food; the path along which food travels from the mouth to the stomach)
fren- +
(Latin: rein, bridle, a bit (as in a horses mouth); by extension, a medical term for a connecting fold of membrane in the body)
gingivo-, gingiv-
(Latin: the gums of the mouth)
nom-, nomo- +
(Greek: a meadow; a pasture; an abode; a place for eating; by extension, "distribution of an acute, necrotizing ulcerative process involving mucous membranes of the mouth or genitalia")
palato-, palat- +
(Latin: roof of the mouth)
prostato-, prostat- +
(Greek: one who stands before, in front of; refers primarily to the prostate gland [so named because it "stands before" the mouth of the bladder])
salivo-, saliv- +
(Latin: spittle, the fluid secreted in the mouth)
sialo-, sial- +
(Greek: saliva (suh LIGH vuh); spittle, foam from the mouth; the salivary glands)
Tongue: Body Part and Language
(the "tongue" term may be applied to both a body part in the mouth and an extensive reference to "language")
uran-, urano-
(Greek: heaven [s], vault of heaven; hence "the sky"; from Uranus, the god of the sky; in medicine, the palate, roof, or top of the mouth)
uranisc-, uranisco- +
(Greek: roof of the mouth; literally, "little vault of heaven")
Word Entries containing the term: “mouth”
mouth absorption
Oral absorption of material.

Some substances, but no nutrients, can be absorbed from the mouth; some drugs; especially, alkaloids, can be absorbed through the oral mucosa.

This entry is located in the following unit: sorb-, sorpt- + (page 4)
viva-voce, word-of-mouth
Expressed orally or with a living voice.
This entry is located in the following unit: viva-, vivi-, vivo-, viv- (page 5)
Word Entries at Get Words: “mouth”
mouth
1. The upper opening of the digestive tract, beginning with the lips and containing the teeth, the gums, and the tongue.

Various kinds of food are broken down mechanically in the mouth by chewing and saliva is added as a lubricant.

Saliva contains amylase, an enzyme which digests starch.

2. Any opening or aperture in the body.

The mouth in both senses of the word is also called the os, the Latin word for "an opening", or "mouth".

This entry is located in the following unit: Computerized Axial Tomography, CAT, or Computed Tomography, CT Terms + (page 3)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term: “mouth”
Put words in her mouth (2 Samuel 14:3)
This entry is located in the following unit: Bible Quotations used in modern English (page 4)