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S vs Buccal - What's the difference?

s | buccal |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective buccal is

of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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 ----