buccal

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

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

buccal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.
2. (dentistry, of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek.
3. (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.

• genal

• (of a tooth): lingual

• (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]}

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

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

1. buccal

• oral

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