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Webster 1913 Edition
Buccinator
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Bucˊci-na′tor
,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)
- 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.
Translations
cheek muscle
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