mesodistal
mesodistal is the alternative form of mesiodistal.
Meaning of mesiodistal
Adjective
mesiodistal (not comparable)
- 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
- 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
Questions about mesodistal
- What is mesodistal the alternative form of?
- Mesodistal is the alternative form of mesiodistal.
Words near mesodistal in the dictionary
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