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flexid

flexid noun: in infolding of enamel that separates lophs on a lower tooth.

Noun

flexid (plural flexids)

  1. In infolding of enamel that separates lophs on a lower tooth.
    • A flexid or flexus is said to abut when the enamel of the flexid or flexus touches the enamel of the opposite side of the tooth. The distal end or termination of the flexid or flexus is described as flattened, rounded or narrowed.1955, Joseph Augustine Cushman, Raymond Cecil Moore, John Bernard Reeside, Journal of Paleontology, volume 29, page 130
    • Lower premolar tetralophodont, with two labial and two lingual flexids; tooth usually divided by one central flexid into two V-shaped lophs […]2005, Eileen A. Lacey, Philip Myers, Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography, page 282

Forms of flexid

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Words formed from flexid

Questions about flexid

What does flexid mean?
Flexid means in infolding of enamel that separates lophs on a lower tooth.
What part of speech is flexid?
Flexid is a noun.
What is the plural of flexid?
The plural of flexid is flexids.

Words near flexid in the dictionary

  1. flexicostate
  2. flexicuffs
  3. flexicurity
  4. flexicurve
  5. flexicurves
  6. flexid
  7. flexidisc
  8. flexidiscs
  9. flexids
  10. flexihours
  11. flexile

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