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precurved

precurved adjective: curved prior to usage.

Adjective

precurved (not comparable)

  1. curved prior to usage
    • It was important, thereafter, to develop a sense of tactile feel and direction with appropriately precurved scouting files to detect the trifurcation.2015, R. Praveen et al., “The radiculous’ premolars: Case reports of a maxillary and mandibular premolar with three canals”, in Journal of Natural Science, Biology, and Medicine, volume 6, →DOI

Origin of precurved

From pre- + curved.

Questions about precurved

What does precurved mean?
Precurved means curved prior to usage.
What part of speech is precurved?
Precurved is an adjective.

Words near precurved in the dictionary

  1. precursors
  2. precursorship
  3. precursorships
  4. precursory
  5. precurtain
  6. precurved
  7. precut
  8. precutaneous
  9. precuticular
  10. precuts
  11. precutting

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