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premolar

/pree-moh-ler/US // priˈmoʊ lər //UK // (priːˈməʊlə) //

前臼齿,前磨牙,前牙,前磨齿

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : situated in front of the molar teeth.
    • : pertaining to a milk tooth that will later be supplanted by a permanent molar.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a premolar tooth.
    • : Also called bicuspid. any of eight teeth located in pairs on each side of the upper and lower jaws between the cuspids and molar teeth.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The lower premolar is tricuspidate and the first and second molars are quadritubercular with a broad cingulum.

  • We have examined the specimen (70228 BS), which retains the upper deciduous premolar.

  • The New World monkeys, on the other hand, have an additional premolar in each half-jaw, or thirty-six teeth altogether.

  • The third premolar is very large, and agrees with its upper one, excepting the lobule on the inner border.

  • In the Cebidae there is an extra premolar in each jaw bringing the number up to 36.