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lophs

lophs is the plural of loph.

Meaning of loph

Noun

loph (plural lophs)

  1. A ridge of enamel connecting the cusps of a molar or cheek tooth.
    • The plates are closely cemented together and in the early tooth they extend above the surface in a series of lophs. Because there are many of them that make up the whole molar, the tooth is called a polylophodont.1937, Cleveland Sylvester Simkins, History of the Human Teeth: An Introduction to Comparative Dental Anatomy, page 177

Questions about lophs

What is lophs the plural of?
Lophs is the plural of loph.

Words near lophs in the dictionary

  1. lophotid
  2. lophotids
  3. lophotrichous
  4. lophotrochozoan
  5. lophotrochozoans
  6. lophs
  7. lophulid
  8. lophulids
  9. lophyohyline
  10. lophyohylines
  11. lophyrotomin

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