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mesodistal

mesodistal is the alternative form of mesiodistal.

Meaning of mesiodistal

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 mesodistal

From meso- + distal.

Words that rhyme with mesodistal

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Questions about mesodistal

What is mesodistal the alternative form of?
Mesodistal is the alternative form of mesiodistal.

Words near mesodistal in the dictionary

  1. mesodesmatid
  2. mesodesmatids
  3. mesodic
  4. mesodiencephalic
  5. mesodiplosis
  6. mesodistal
  7. mesodome
  8. mesodomes
  9. mesodomic
  10. mesodont
  11. mesodonty

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