The cheek or cheekbone; also used in anatomy to refer to the cheek region or buccal area.
From Latin 'bucca' meaning cheek, a word borrowed directly into medical terminology and anatomy.
Latin 'bucca' became the root for the entire family of 'buccal' terms in medicine, giving us the vocabulary to describe everything from your cheek bones to tooth-related conditions in a consistent way.
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