Adjective
buccal (not comparable)
- (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
- Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
buccal cavity
- (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.
- (linguistics) supralaryngeal, not laryngeal or glottal.
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]
Translations
of or relating to the cheek
dentistry: on the side facing the cheek
administered in the mouth
Etymology
Learned word formed from the root of Latin bucca (whence French bouche) with the suffix -al.