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Meaning of buccal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/ˈbʌkəl/

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
    not-comparable, relational
  2. Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
    not-comparable
  3. 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.
    not-comparable
  4. supralaryngeal, not laryngeal or glottal.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“buccal surface of the molars”
“buccal branch of the facial nerve”
“Obtained buccal epithelium and newly drawn, uncentrifuged blood collected in an EDTA tube were used for analysis of gene expression: a control GAPDH gene and Osteocalcin gene.”
“buccal cavity”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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