Definitions for buccal

buccal buc·cal

Spelling: [buhk-uh l]
IPA: /ˈbʌk əl/

Buccal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in buccal (abcclu).

Definitions for buccal

adjective

  1. of or relating to the cheek.
  2. pertaining to the sides of the mouth or to the mouth; oral.
  3. Dentistry. directed toward the cheek. Compare distal (def 2), mesial (def 2).

Origin of buccal

1825-35; (Latin bucc(a) (see bucco-) + -al1

Examples for buccal

There are also a buccal, an occipital and an abdominal life.

The buccal machinery, or articulate speech, is the language of the mind.

We divide the face into three zones: the genal,4 buccal, and frontal.

The organisation of their buccal apparatus does not allow of this.

The form and development of the buccal pieces are also very various.

In Amphibia and Amniota the posterior nares also open well within the boundary of the buccal cavity.

On each side of the ring-plane four pairs of large irregular, annular holes; the fourth (inferior or buccal) pair is the longest.

The buccal cusps upon the molars, two or three, and are still in position.

The ulcers, gingival and buccal, bleed easily when disturbed.

Balbiani describes the buccal cavity as containing a protractile stylet.

Word Value for buccal
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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