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Bichat(medicine)
Mimic(money)
Mimic(medicine)
mimic(1)(dictionary)
mimic(2)(dictionary)
mimic tic(medicine)
Bichat's fat-pad(medicine)
mimic 1, verb(dictionary)
mimic 2, noun(dictionary)

Bichat's protuberance (medicine) and mimic tic (medicine)


Bichat's protuberance (medicine)


Bichat's protuberance -->
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.


mimic tic (medicine)


mimic tic -->
facial tic
Involuntary twitching of the facial muscles, sometimes unilateral.

Synonym: Bell's spasm, convulsive tic, facial spasm, histrionic spasm, mimic convulsion, mimic spasm, mimic tic, palmus, prosopospasm.