Loph
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ləʊf/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Loph is a noun meaning (zoology, dentistry) A ridge of enamel connecting the cusps of a molar or cheek tooth.
Meaning
(zoology, dentistry) A ridge of enamel connecting the cusps of a molar or cheek tooth.
Example Sentences
I include only 15 cheektooth features, although one could define a great many more in a loph-by-loph analysis.
The plates are closely cemented together and in the early tooth they extend above the surface in a series of lophs. Because there are many of them that make up the whole molar, the tooth is called a polylophodont.
Word Forms
- lophs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lophid, lophulid, ectoloph, protoloph, lophodonty, posteroloph.
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