buccal

English

Etymology

From Latin bucca (“the cheek”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌk.əl/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: buckle
• Rhymes: -ʌkəl

Adjective

buccal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.

   Synonyms: (of a tooth) facial, genal

   buccal surface of the molars, buccal branch of the facial nerve

2. Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.

   buccal cavity

3. (pharmacology) 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.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

of or relating to the cheek

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頰的／颊的 (zh) (jiáde),

• Finnish: poski- (fi)
• Polish: policzkowy (pl)
• Russian: щёчный (ru) (ščóčnyj), букка́льный (ru) (bukkálʹnyj)
• Ukrainian: щі́чний (ščíčnyj)

dentistry: on the side facing the cheek

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頰側的／颊侧的 (jiácède),

• Finnish: bukkaalinen (fi)

administered in the mouth

• Finnish: bukkaalinen (fi)

References

• “buccal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “buccal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

Learned word formed from the root of Latin bucca (whence French bouche) with the suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.kal/

• Audio

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Adjective

buccal (feminine buccale, masculine plural buccaux, feminine plural buccales)

1. buccal (of, relating to, or lying in the mouth)

Derived terms

• buccaliser
• cavité buccale
• digue buccale
• intrabuccal
• pièce buccale
• température buccale

 

See also

• oral

Further reading

• “buccal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.