premolar

noun, adj — 2 senses

noun

US /ˈpriːmoʊlɚ/ · UK /ˈpriːməʊlə/

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

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

He opened and let out a hogo of medicinal rum and beer. The bad tooth was a premolar.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:

adj

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

Before a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous.

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