Etymology

premolar

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Today it means: A tooth located in front of the molars, especially the bicuspid tooth between the cuspids and molars in humans. Full definition →

Latin dens
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  1. Latin · derived fromdens
  2. English todaypremolar

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

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