See Also: corpus adiposum(medicine)
corpus adiposum orbitae(medicine)
corpus adiposum buccae(medicine)
corpus adiposum infrapatellare(medicine)
corpus adiposum fossae ischiorectalis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
cor adiposum(medicine)
sclerema adiposum(medicine)
terrace(dictionary)
Terrace(medicine)

corpus adiposum buccae (medicine) and terrace(2) (iou)


corpus adiposum buccae (medicine)


corpus adiposum buccae -->
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.


terrace(2) (iou)



terrace verb trans. E17.
[from the noun or French terrasser.]
Form into or provide with a terrace or terraces; construct in terrace form.
Westminster Gazette The Kusi River..brings down enormous quantities of silt,..terracing the land. C. Milne The slope had to be terraced into level areas supported by dry-stone walls.