ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mesiodistal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Mesiodistal is an adjective meaning (dentistry) Of or relating to the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth.

Meaning

(dentistry) Of or relating to the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth.

More Meanings

  1. (linguistics) 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.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mesio-occlusal, mesioapical, mesioproximal, mesiocoronal, mesiolingual, mesiofacial.

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