buccal
English
Etymology
From Latin bucca (“the cheek”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʌk.əl/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: buckle
- Rhymes: -ʌkəl
Adjective
buccal (not comparable)
- (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
- buccal surface of the molars, buccal branch of the facial nerve
- Synonyms: (of a tooth) facial, genal
- Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
- buccal cavity
- (pharmacology) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.
Coordinate terms
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
- alveolobuccal
- anterobuccal
- axiobuccal
- buccal cavity
- buccalization
- buccally
- buccal pit
- buccal pumping
- buccalwards
- bucco-
- cerebrobuccal
- circumbuccal
- distobuccal
- dorsobuccal
- extrabuccal
- gingivobuccal
- infrabuccal
- intrabuccal
- ipsilateralbuccal
- mesiobuccal
- mesobuccal
- midbuccal
- nasobuccal
- nonbuccal
- occlusobuccal
- orobuccal
- parabuccal
- peribuccal
- posterobuccal
- prebuccal
- suprabuccal
- transbuccal
Translations
of or relating to the cheek
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dentistry: on the side facing the cheek
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administered in the mouth
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References
- “buccal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “buccal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
French
Etymology
Learned word formed from the root of Latin bucca (whence French bouche) with the suffix -al.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
buccal (feminine buccale, masculine plural buccaux, feminine plural buccales)
- buccal
See also
- oral
Further reading
- “buccal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.