Usually means: Muscle compressing cheek during chewing.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. buccinator: Merriam-Webster
  2. buccinator: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buccinator: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buccinator: Collins English Dictionary
  5. buccinator: Wordnik
  6. buccinator: Wiktionary
  7. buccinator: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. buccinator: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. buccinator: Dictionary.com
  10. Buccinator: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Buccinator: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. buccinator: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Buccinator: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. buccinator: FreeDictionary.org
  15. buccinator: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. buccinator: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. buccinator: Medical Etymology Anatomy
  5. buccinator: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buccinator: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Buccinator: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (buccinator)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

Similar:
bucca, buccula, buccal cavity, triangularis muscle, zygomaticus major, buccalization, zygomaticum, buccoversion, zygomatic bone, cheekbone, more...

Opposite:
Depressor, abductor, adductor, levator

Phrases:
Buccinator muscle, cygnus buccinator, buccinator nerve, olor buccinator, musculus buccinator, more...

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Similar:
bucca, buccula, buccal cavity, triangularis muscle, zygomaticus major, buccalization, zygomaticum, buccoversion, zygomatic bone, cheekbone, more...

Opposite:
Depressor, abductor, adductor, levator

Phrases:
Buccinator muscle, cygnus buccinator, buccinator nerve, olor buccinator, musculus buccinator, more...



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