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incisor

/ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/

incisor noun: a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.

Noun

incisor (plural incisors)

  1. A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.

incisor meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay

incisor in Hindi

narrow-edged tooth
कृन्तक kŕntak

incisor in Tagalog

narrow-edged tooth
ngiping harap

incisor in Arabic

narrow-edged tooth
قَاطِعَة qāṭiʕa

incisor in Malay

narrow-edged tooth
gigi kacip
More languagesFewer languages
incisor in Persian
دندان پیش dandân-e piš
incisor in Thai
ฟันตัด fan-dtàt
incisor in Vietnamese
răng cửa

Examples of incisor in a sentence

  • Upper incisors are lost, reduced, or moved to accommodate the tooth-comb.
  • Alternatively, torque can be placed in the archwire to retrocline the incisors.
  • Dens in dente, peg-shaped lateral incisors, microdontia, megadontia, fusion, gemination and connation, talon cusp, taurodontism, etc.

All 16 example sentences with incisor

Forms of incisor

pluralincisors

Origin of incisor

Borrowed from New Latin incīsor, from Latin incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

Words formed from incisor

Words that rhyme with incisor

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Questions about incisor

What does incisor mean?
Incisor means a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.
What is incisor in Hindi?
Incisor in Hindi is कृन्तक (kŕntak). See Incisor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is incisor?
Incisor is a noun.
How do you pronounce incisor?
Incisor is pronounced /ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of incisor?
The plural of incisor is incisors.

Words near incisor in the dictionary

  1. incisiviform
  2. incisiviforms
  3. incisivity
  4. incisocervical
  5. incisocervically
  6. incisor
  7. incisorial
  8. incisors
  9. incisory
  10. incisura
  11. incisurae

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