[
US
/ˈbjukəɫ/
]
[ UK /bˈʌkəl/ ]
[ UK /bˈʌkəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located
a buccal gland
the oral surface of a starfish
the oral mucous membrane
the oral cavity -
of or relating to or toward the cheek
the buccal aspect of the gum
How To Use buccal In A Sentence
- Objective : To improve retainers aesthetics and alleviate buccal retainers peculiar sense for patients removable partial denture.
- He also carried out one of his very few experiments using tissue culture, demonstrating that poliovirus would multiply in cultured human foetal intestinal and buccal tissues. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
- Tiktaalik is transitional in the evolutionary shift from the pharyngeal and opercular pumps employed by fish to the buccal and costal pumping mechanisms of tetrapods. Transitions on the DI blog - The Panda's Thumb
- The key point about nicotine gum pharmacology is that the absorption takes place buccally.
- Many catfishes are accomplished suction feeders with high volume expansion of the buccal cavity and fast jaws, whereas other taxa maximize bite force.
- Oral lichen planus is common, mainly occurs after middle age, and typically presents as bilateral white lesions (papules, plaques, or reticular areas) in the buccal and lingual mucosae.
- High-heat gutta-percha has been used as a base in deep occlusal, buccal, and approximal cavities, completing the fillings with tin. Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth
- OBJECTIVE To study the permeation mechanism of amlexanox through rabbit buccal mucosa.
- Microscopic: The worms have large shallow buccal capsules which have up to 10 teeth at their base.
- ® Technology can be applied to the oral route of administration as well other delivery pathways, such as buccal, rectal, inhalation, intra-vaginal or transdermal. News
