buccal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌk.əl/, /ˈbjuk.əl/
Homophone: buckle

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

genal

Antonyms

(of a tooth): lingual

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,‎ 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

Translations

of or relating to the cheek

Finnish: poski- (fi)

dentistry: on the side facing the cheek

Finnish: bukkaalinen

medicine: administered in the mouth

Finnish: bukkaalinen

French

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

buccal

See also

oral

Further reading

“buccal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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