buccinator

[ buhk-suh-ney-ter ]

/ ˈbʌk səˌneɪ tər /

noun Anatomy.

a thin, flat muscle lining the cheek, the action of which contracts and compresses the cheek.

Origin of buccinator

1665–75; <New Latin; Latin buccinātor, būcinātor trumpeter, equivalent to būcinā(re) to signal on a trumpet (verbal derivative of būcina curved trumpet or horn) + -tor-tor

OTHER WORDS FROM buccinator

buc·ci·na·to·ry

[buhk-suh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, buhk-suh-ney-tuh-ree], /ˈbʌk sə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˌbʌk səˈneɪ tə ri/, adjective

Words nearby buccinator

buccal gland, buccal nerve, buccaneer, buccaro, bucchero, buccinator, bucco-, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, buccopharyngeal

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Example sentences from the Web for buccinator

In the ox, it is more intimately united with the buccinator.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals|douard Cuyer
It was a swan, and one of the very largest kind—a “trumpeter” (Cygnus buccinator).
The Young Voyageurs|Mayne Reid
(mosaics), where the buccinator is accompanied on the hydraulus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
To this part of the buccinator some authors give the name of molar muscle.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals|douard Cuyer

The second of the common is the Buccinator or Trumpeter, which is swell'd when one sounds a Trumpet.
The Compleat Surgeon, or the Whole Art of Surgery Explain'd in a Most Familiar Method|Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

British Dictionary definitions for buccinator

buccinator

/ (ˈbʌksɪˌneɪtə) /

noun

a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc

Word Origin for buccinator

C17: from Latin, from buccināre to sound the trumpet, from buccina trumpet

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Medical definitions for buccinator

buccinator

[ bŭk′sə-nā′tər ]

n.

A muscle with origin from the alveolar portion of the maxilla, mandible, and pterygomandibular ligament, with insertion into the orbicular muscle of the mouth, with nerve supply from the facial nerve, and whose action flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth.cheek muscle

单词	buccinator
释义	buccinator [ buhk-suh-ney-ter ] / ˈbʌk səˌneɪ tər / noun Anatomy. a thin, flat muscle lining the cheek, the action of which contracts and compresses the cheek. Origin of buccinator 1665–75; <New Latin; Latin buccinātor, būcinātor trumpeter, equivalent to būcinā(re) to signal on a trumpet (verbal derivative of būcina curved trumpet or horn) + -tor-tor OTHER WORDS FROM buccinator buc·ci·na·to·ry [buhk-suh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, buhk-suh-ney-tuh-ree], /ˈbʌk sə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˌbʌk səˈneɪ tə ri/, adjective Words nearby buccinator buccal gland, buccal nerve, buccaneer, buccaro, bucchero, buccinator, bucco-, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, buccopharyngeal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buccinator In the ox, it is more intimately united with the buccinator. Artistic Anatomy of Animals\|douard Cuyer It was a swan, and one of the very largest kind—a “trumpeter” (Cygnus buccinator). The Young Voyageurs\|Mayne Reid (mosaics), where the buccinator is accompanied on the hydraulus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3\|Various To this part of the buccinator some authors give the name of molar muscle. Artistic Anatomy of Animals\|douard Cuyer The second of the common is the Buccinator or Trumpeter, which is swell'd when one sounds a Trumpet. The Compleat Surgeon, or the Whole Art of Surgery Explain'd in a Most Familiar Method\|Charles Gabriel Le Clerc British Dictionary definitions for buccinator buccinator / (ˈbʌksɪˌneɪtə) / noun a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc Word Origin for buccinator C17: from Latin, from buccināre to sound the trumpet, from buccina trumpet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for buccinator buccinator [ bŭk′sə-nā′tər ] n. A muscle with origin from the alveolar portion of the maxilla, mandible, and pterygomandibular ligament, with insertion into the orbicular muscle of the mouth, with nerve supply from the facial nerve, and whose action flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth.cheek muscle The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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