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mesiodistal

mesiodistal adjective: of or relating to the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth.

Adjective

mesiodistal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth
    • However, Afrotarsius displays lower molars with much more acute cusps, a more protruding shelf-like paraconid, a metaconid opposite to the protoconid, a mesiodistal cristid obliqua, a strong labial cingulum, and a more distal entoconid.1999 October 15, J.-J. Jaeger et al., “A New Primate from the Middle Eocene of Myanmar and the Asian Early Origin of Anthropoids”, in Science, volume 286, number 5439, →DOI, pages 528–530
  2. In the description of languages with a four-way distinction for demonstratives, refers to a demonstrative which indicates something near neither the speaker nor the addressee, but not too far off from either one.

Origin of mesiodistal

From mesio- + distal.

Words formed from mesiodistal

Questions about mesiodistal

What does mesiodistal mean?
Mesiodistal means of or relating to the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth.
What part of speech is mesiodistal?
Mesiodistal is an adjective.

Words near mesiodistal in the dictionary

  1. mesiocentral
  2. mesiocervical
  3. mesioclusal
  4. mesiocoronal
  5. mesiodens
  6. mesiodistal
  7. mesiodistally
  8. mesiodorsal
  9. mesiofacial
  10. mesiofrontal
  11. mesiogingival

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