Meaning

1 senses
  1. A tooth located in front of the molars, especially the bicuspid tooth between the cuspids and molars in humans.

    Prämolar, Vormahlzahn

    премоля́рpremoljár

    a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars

Translations

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Origin

Clipping of premolar tooth, calque of Latin dens praemolaris. Equivalent to pre- + molar.

Clipping of premolar tooth, calque of Latin dens praemolaris. Equivalent to pre- + molar.

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Forms

plural: premolars

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars:bicuspid

Word family

2 related words

See also

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