incisal

incisal
Cutting; relating to the cutting edges of the incisor and cuspid teeth. [L. incido, pp. -cisus, to cut into]

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in·ci·sal in-'sī-zəl adj relating to, being, or involving the cutting edge or surface of a tooth (as an incisor)

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in·ci·sal (in-siґzəl) 1. cutting. 2. pertaining to the cutting edge of an anterior tooth.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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