buccal

Adjective

• of or relating to or toward the cheek

Adjective Satellite

• lying within the mouth
  • "a buccal gland"
• oriented toward the inside of the cheek
  • "the buccal aspect of the gum"

Adj

• Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
• Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
• 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.
• supralaryngeal, not laryngeal or glottal.

Examples

• "buccal branch of the facial nerve"
• "buccal cavity"
• "buccal surface of the molars"

Synonyms

facial, genal