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Buccinator

//ˈbʌk.sɪn.eɪ.tə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

    "Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin buccinātor (“trumpeter”), from buccinō (“blow the trumpet”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”).

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