molar+tooth
31Tooth (animal) — Teeth in animals vary greatly. Some animals, such as turtles and tortoises, are toothless. Other animals, such as sharks, may go through many teeth in their lifetime. The multiple replacement of teeth is known as polyphedont. Since the appearance …
32tooth — n.; pl. teeth one of the hard structures in the mouth used for cutting and chewing food. Each tooth is embedded in a socket in part of the jawbone (mandible or maxilla) known as the alveolar bone (or alveolus), to which it is attached by the… …
33molar — 1. noun A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding ones food. 2. adjective a) Of, or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding. b) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one …
34molar — I. /ˈmoʊlə / (say mohluh) noun 1. a tooth adapted for grinding with a broad biting surface as in human dentition, which has twelve molar teeth, three in each quadrant. –adjective 2. adapted for grinding, as teeth, especially those in humans, with …
35molar — n. in the permanent dentition, the sixth, seventh, or eighth tooth from the midline on each side in each jaw (see also wisdom tooth). Permanent molars do not replace primary teeth. In the primary dentition, molars are the fourth and fifth teeth… …
36molar — I mo•lar [[t]ˈmoʊ lər[/t]] n. 1) den Also called mo′lar tooth . a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of 12 in humans, with 3 on each side of the upper and lower jaws 2) den adapted for grinding, as teeth 3) den… …
37molar — a large flat or ridged topped tooth adapted for crushing or grinding, e. g. in Anarhichadidae …
38mulberry molar — n a first molar tooth whose occlusal surface is pitted due to congenital syphilis with nodules replacing the cusps see MOON S MOLAR * * * a malformed first molar tooth characterized by dwarfing of the cusps and hypertrophy of the enamel… …
39wisdom tooth — wis·dom tooth wiz dəm n the third molar that is the last tooth to erupt on each side of the upper and lower human jaw * * * the third molar tooth on each side of either jaw, which erupts normally around the age of 20. * * * third molar t …
40Moon's molar — or Moon molar n a first molar tooth which has become dome shaped due to malformation by congenital syphilis also MULBERRY MOLAR Moon Henry (1845 1892) British surgeon. Moon described the irregular first molars found in congenital syphilis in 1876 …
