different between beccal vs buccal

English

Etymology

From Latin beccus (“beak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?k?l/

Adjective

beccal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a beak or bill.

English

Etymology

From Latin bucca (“the cheek”) +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?k.?l/
• Homophone: buckle
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Adjective

buccal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.

   Synonyms: (of a tooth) lingual, genal

2. Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.

3. (pharmacology) 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.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “buccal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “buccal”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

French

Etymology

Learned word formed from the root of Latin bucca (whence French bouche) with the suffix -al.

Adjective

buccal (feminine singular buccale, masculine plural buccaux, feminine plural buccales)

1. buccal

See also

• oral

Further reading

• “buccal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).