buccal
adjEtymology
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.
- borrowed from bocka
Definitions
Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
- buccal surface of the molars
- buccal branch of the facial nerve
- Obtained buccal epithelium and newly drawn, uncentrifuged blood collected in an EDTA tube were used for analysis of gene expression: a control GAPDH gene and Osteocalcin gene.
Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
- buccal cavity
Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the…
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.
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supralaryngeal, not laryngeal or glottal.
The neighborhood
Derived
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
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