buccinator

[ buhk-suh-ney-ter ]

nounAnatomy.

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

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How to use buccinator in a sentence

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

British Dictionary definitions for buccinator

buccinator

/ (ˈbʌksɪˌneɪtə) /

noun

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

Origin of buccinator

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

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