What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
Definition of buccal
1 : of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying a cheek the buccal surface of a tooth the buccal branch of the facial nerve
2 : of, relating to, involving, or lying in the mouth the buccal cavity
buccally
adverbExplore M-W
Recent Examples of buccal from the Web
-
Anderson also filed a motion for Hummel to submit a buccal swab, a swab of the cheek for DNA.
-
In fact, elephant seals spend so much time diving and so little time at the water’s surface that some researchers propose (tongue implanted into medial wall of buccal cavity) that they might better be regarded as ‘surfacers’ rather than ‘
-
Backed by a search warrant, Nolan said another buccal swab was taken from inside Lewis' cheek and that DNA profile also came back as a match to the hair sample recovered from the cap.
-
The judge also granted a prosecution request to obtain additional fingerprint and buccal swab samples from Cross.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'buccal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of buccal
Latin bucca cheek
Medical Dictionary
Learn More about buccal
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up buccal? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!