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interfirst

interfirst adjective: between the members of the first pair of specified things (such as premolars or molars).

Adjective

interfirst (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard) Between the members of the first pair of specified things (such as premolars or molars).
    • Further corroborating these findings, Vajaria el al 11 also found expansion in interfirst premolar distances.2015, Marcio Rodrigues de Almeida et al., “Dentoalveolar mandibular changes with self-ligating versus conventional bracket systems: A CBCT and dental cast study”, in Dental Press Journal of...

Origin of interfirst

From inter- + first. A recent coinage; see usage notes.

Questions about interfirst

What does interfirst mean?
Interfirst means between the members of the first pair of specified things (such as premolars or molars).
What part of speech is interfirst?
Interfirst is an adjective.

Words near interfirst in the dictionary

  1. interfingered
  2. interfingering
  3. interfingerings
  4. interfingers
  5. interfirm
  6. interfirst
  7. interfix
  8. interfixation
  9. interfixations
  10. interfixed
  11. interfixes

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