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Webster 1913 Edition


Buccinator


Bucˊci-na′tor

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Noun.
[L., a trumpeter, fr.
bucinare
to sound the trumpet.]
(Anat.)
A muscle of the cheek; – so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

Definition 2024


buccinator

buccinator

English

Noun

buccinator (plural buccinators)

  1. A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
    Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.

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