buccal
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin bucca (“cheek; mouth”) + -al.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
buccal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.
- (dentistry, of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek.
- (medicine, of a drug) 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.
Antonyms [edit]
- (of a tooth): mesial
Coordinate terms [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, axial, buccal, cervical, coronal, distal, distobuccal, distofacial, distoincisal, distolingual, facial, gingival, incisal, inferior, labial, lingual, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesiobuccal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiolingual, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
French [edit]
Adjective [edit]
buccal m (feminine buccale, masculine plural buccaux, feminine plural buccales)