buccal

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌk.əl/

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• Homophone: buckle
• Rhymes: -ʌkəl

buccal (not comparable)

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

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

   Synonyms: (of a tooth) facial, genal

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.

• (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]}

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

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

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

1. buccal

• oral

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