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Buccal

//ˈbʌkəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek. not-comparable, relational

    "buccal surface of the molars"

  2. 2
    Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth. not-comparable

    "buccal cavity"

  3. 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. not-comparable
  4. 4
    supralaryngeal, not laryngeal or glottal. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or toward the cheek wordnet

Etymology

From Latin bucca (“the cheek”) + -al. By surface analysis, bucc- + -al.

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