See Also: Bichat(medicine)
Bichat's fat-pad(medicine)
Bichat's tunic(medicine)
Bichat's protuberance(medicine)
Bichat's membrane(medicine)
Bichat's ligament(medicine)
Bichat's fossa(medicine)
Bichat's foramen(medicine)
Bichat's fissure(medicine)
Bichat's canal(medicine)

narrate (iou) and Bichat's fat-pad (medicine)


narrate (iou)



narrate verb. M17.
[Latin narrat- pa. ppl stem of narrare (from gnarus knowing), or back-form. from NARRATION: see -ATE3.]
verb trans. Give an account of, tell as a narrative; relate, recount. M17.
B. Jowett The tale of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to Echecrates. H. James Some four months earlier than the occurrence lately narrated.
b. Speak the commentary of (a Film etc.). L20.
Daily Telegraph The Prince of Wales introduces and narrates..a..colour Film about the..Royal British Legion.
verb intrans. Give an account, recount a story. L18.
narratable adjective M19.

Bichat's fat-pad (medicine)


Bichat's fat-pad -->
buccal fat-pad


An encapsuled mass of fat in the cheek on the outer side of the buccinator muscle, especially marked in the infant; supposed to strengthen and support the cheek during the act of sucking.

Synonym: corpus adiposum buccae, Bichat's fat-pad, Bichat's protuberance, fat body of cheek, sucking cushion, sucking pad, suctorial pad.