English Explanatory Dictionary

buccal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
  2. Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
  3. 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.
  4. supralaryngeal, not laryngeal or glottal.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌkəl/ [ˈbʌkɫ̩] en-us-buckle.ogg

Word forms

buccal

Etymology

Etymology tree Celticbor.? Latin bucca Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English buccal From Latin bucca (“the cheek”) + -al. By surface analysis, bucc- + -al.

Synonyms

facial genal

Derived words

alveolobuccal anterobuccal axiobuccal buccal cavity buccal fat extraction buccal fat removal buccalization buccalize buccally buccal mass buccal nerve buccal pit buccal pumping buccalwards bucco- cerebrobuccal cervicobuccal circumbuccal distobuccal dorsobuccal extrabuccal gingivobuccal infrabuccal intrabuccal ipsilateralbuccal mesiobuccal mesobuccal midbuccal nasobuccal nonbuccal occlusobuccal orobuccal parabuccal peribuccal postbuccal posterobuccal prebuccal suprabuccal transbuccal

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 頰的 /颊的 Finnish: poski- Polish: policzkowy Russian: щёчный Russian: букка́льный Ukrainian: щі́чний
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