PREMOLAR


Meaning of PREMOLAR in English

/pree moh"leuhr/ , adj.

1. situated in front of the molar teeth.

2. pertaining to a milk tooth that will later be supplanted by a permanent molar.

n.

3. a premolar tooth.

4. Also called bicuspid . (in humans) any of eight teeth located in pairs on each side of the upper and lower jaws between the cuspids and molar teeth. See illus. under tooth .

[ 1835-45; PRE- + MOLAR 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .