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Bucca Buccal Buccinal Bucconis Buckle
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ BUCCA   id+ | in lat HOLOW
                       INNER PART
                       CHEEK or
                       FLESHY FACIAL SURFACE
                       THAT WHICH CAN SWELL |
          note    see> BUCCINATOR
~ BUCCA~  prefix for see> CHEEK
~ BUCCAL  pertaining to BUCCA or in
              sp  CHEEK   = MEJILLA from
              lat MALARIS   SUPERIOR MAXILLA or
              lat MALA      SUPERIOR MANDIBLE
~ BUCCEA      lat for       MOUTH
~ BUCCINAL    lat BUCCINA = TRUMPET or TO BLOW
~ BUCCINATOR  lat for       TRUMPETER
              med> FACIAL or CHEEK MUSCLES
                   USED FOR BLOWING AIR
~ BACCO       id+ | KISS in Italian |
~ BUCCO       id+ | WIDE in lat |
~ BUCCONIS    id+ | WIDE MOUTHED in lat |
              note
     lat BUCO   = THAT WHICH CAN SWELL and CHEEK
     sp  BOCINA   CAR HORN or THE LIKE  sug> CLAXON
         BOCA     MOUTH  EITHER IN ANATOMICAL SENSE or
                  AN OPENING or MOUTH eg A RIVER
         BOCADO   A BITE TO EAT
         BOQUETE  OPENING or MOUTH or HOLE
          see> BOCA  see> OS  see> ORAL  see> MOUTH
~ BUCKLE  lat  BUCCULA = LITTLE CHEEK
          DEVICE or DEVISE USED FOR
  FASTENING AN OPENING
  med> HUMAN CHEEKS BUCKLE UP THE MOUTH
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