buccinator

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Pronunciation

/ˈbʌk.sɪn.eɪ.tə/

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/ˈbʌk.sɪn.eɪ.tə/ · /ˈbʌk.səˌneɪ.tɚ/

Definition of buccinator

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

“Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.”
“What a language it is, with all the organs of speech in loud concert - tongue, teeth, and tonsils, lips and larynx, buccinator and schnozzola!”

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Borrowed from Latin buccinātor (“trumpeter”), from buccinō (“blow the trumpet”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”).

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