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腔

腔: body cavity

body cavity
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Readings

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コウ
Kun
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Medical suffix. In compounds it is usually read くう (口腔 こうくう, 鼻腔 びくう) rather than the listed コウ.

Key words

口腔こうくうoral cavity; mouth
鼻腔びくうnasal cavity
胸腔きょうくうchest cavity
腹腔ふくくうabdominal cavity

Example sentences

The dentist carefully examined the inside of my mouth.

My nasal passages are swollen from a cold, so I can't smell anything.

After the operation, they drained the fluid that had built up in the chest cavity through a tube.

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