# buccal
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʌkəl/, [ˈbʌkɫ̩]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: buckle
* Rhymes: -ʌkəl

### 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
** 2015 August 19, Mansur Rahnama et al., “Analysis of the Influence of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Osteocalcin Gene Expression in Postmenopausal Women”, in BioMed Research International‎, volume 2015, →DOI:Obtained buccal epithelium and newly drawn, uncentrifuged blood collected in an EDTA tube were used for analysis of gene expression: a control GAPDH gene and Osteocalcin gene.
* 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

* anterior
* apical
* apicocoronal
* axial
* buccal
* buccoapical
* buccocervical
* buccogingival
* buccolabial
* buccolingual
* bucco-occlusal
* buccopalatal
* cervical
* coronal
* coronoapical
* distal
* distoapical
* distobuccal
* distocclusal
* distocervical
* distoclusal
* distocoronal
* distofacial
* distogingival
* distoincisal
* distolingual
* disto-occlusal
* distopalatal
* facial
* gingival
* incisal
* incisocervical
* inferior
* labial
* lingual
* linguobuccal
* linguo-occlusal
* mandibular
* maxillary
* mesial
* mesioapical
* mesiobuccal
* mesiocclusal
* mesiocervical
* mesioclusal
* mesiocoronal
* mesiodistal
* mesiofacial
* mesiogingival
* mesioincisal
* mesiolingual
* mesio-occlusal
* mesiopalatal
* occlusal
* palatal
* posterior
* proximal
* superior
* vestibular

#### Derived terms

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

#### Translations
### 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: /by.kal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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