| cheek bone | A quadrilateral bone which forms the prominence of the cheek; it articulates with the frontal, sphenoid, temporal, and maxillary bone. Synonym: os zygomaticum, cheek bone, jugal bone, mala, malar bone, os malare, yoke bone, zygoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cheek muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, posterior portion of alveolar portion of maxilla and mandible and pterygomandibular raphe; insertion, orbicularis oris at angle of mouth; action, flattens cheek, retracts angle of mouth; nerve supply, facial. Plays an important role in mastication, working with tongue to keep food between teeth; when it is paralysed, food accumulates in the oral vestibule. A muscle of the cheek; so called from its use in blowing wind instruments. Origin: L, a trumpeter, fr. Bucinare to sound the trumpet. Synonym: musculus buccinator, cheek muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheek retractor | <dentistry> Small plastic pieces used to draw back your lips and cheeks so the orthodontist can more easily see you teeth and work in your mouth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| cheek retractors | <dentistry> Small plastic pieces used to draw back your lips and cheeks so the orthodontist can more easily see you teeth and work in your mouth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheek tooth | A tooth having a somewhat quadrangular crown with four or five cusps on the grinding surface; the root is bifid in the lower jaw, but there are three conical roots in the upper jaw; there are six molars in each jaw, three on either side behind the premolars in the permanent dentition; in the deciduous dentition there are but four molars in each jaw, two on either side behind the canines. Synonym: dens molaris, cheek tooth, molar, multicuspid tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheese | A nutritious food consisting primarily of the curd or the semisolid substance formed when milk coagulates. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cheese maggot | A species that may cause temporary intestinal myiasis. Synonym: cheese maggot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheese worker's lung | Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by inhalation of spores of Penicillium casei from moldy cheese. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheesy abscess | An abscess that contains necrotic tissue with a cheese-like consistency; typically seen in tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheesy pus | A very thick almost solid pus resulting from the absorption of the liquor puris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheetahs | Long-legged, swift-moving felines from africa (and formerly asia) about the size of a small leopard. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cheil- | See: cheilo-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheilalgia | Chilalgia Pain in the lip. Origin: cheil-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheilectomy | Chilectomy 1. Excision of a portion of the lip. 2. Chiseling away bony irregularities at osteochondral margin of a joint cavity that interfere with movements of the joint. Origin: cheil-+ G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheilectropion | Chilectropion Eversion of the lips or a lip. Origin: cheil-+ G. Ektropos, a turning out (05 Mar 2000) |