oral fissure

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Noun

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oral fissure - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"mouth, oral cavity, rima oristeeth, dentition - the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animalglossa, lingua, tongue, clapper - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavitymouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"cakehole, maw, yap, gob, trap, hole - informal terms for the mouthbuccal cavity - the cavity between the jaws and the cheeksgingiva, gum - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teethpalate, roof of the mouth - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavitiessalivary gland - any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestionrima - a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts