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buccinator

N เยื่อ บุ กระพุ้งแก้ม  yuea-kra-poong-kam

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUCCINATOR

Buc `ci *na "tor, n. Etym: [L., a trumpeter, fr. bucinare to sound the trumpet. ] (Anat. )

 

Defn: A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

buccinator

buc ci na tor |ˈbəksəˌnātər ˈbəksəneɪdər | noun Anatomy a flat, thin muscle in the wall of the cheek. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin, from buccinare blow a trumpet, from buccina, denoting a kind of trumpet.

 

Oxford Dictionary

buccinator

buccinator |ˈbʌksɪneɪtə | noun Anatomy a flat, thin muscle in the wall of the cheek. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin, from buccinare blow a trumpet , from buccina, denoting a kind of trumpet.