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Buccal vs Zygomatic - What's the difference?

buccal | zygomatic |

As adjectives the difference between buccal and zygomatic

is that buccal is of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth while zygomatic is pertaining to the zygoma.

buccal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.
  • (dentistry, of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek.
  • (medicine, of a drug) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.

    • Antonyms

    * (of a tooth) lingual

    Synonyms

    * genal

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * buccal cavity * buccal pumping * transbuccal ----

    zygomatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the zygoma.
  • * 1970': They show (1) the left orbit and '''zygomatic arch of President Kennedy magnified from Zapruder frame 230 — JG Ballard, ''The Atrocity Exhibition

    • Derived terms

    * zygomatic bone * zygomaticus