premolar

Meanings

Noun

  • A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares)

Adjective

  • Before a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous.

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