oral, buccal
(adjective) of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located; “the oral cavity”; “the oral mucous membrane”; “the oral surface of a starfish”; “a buccal gland”
buccal
(adjective) of or relating to or toward the cheek; “the buccal aspect of the gum”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
buccal (not comparable)
Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.
(dentistry, of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek.
(medicine, of a drug) 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.
• genal
• (of a tooth): lingual
Source: Wiktionary
Buc"cal, a. Etym: [L. bucca cheek: cf. F. buccal.] (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the mouth or cheeks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 February 2025
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
