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Noun: buccinator muscle
  1. A muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth
    "The speech therapist helped the patient exercise their buccinator muscle";
    - cheek muscle, musculus buccinator

Derived forms: buccinator muscles

Type of: facial muscle

Part of: cheek

Encyclopedia: Buccinator muscle