Meanings
nounmetaconule (plural metaconules)
plural metaconules
- dentistryThe distal intermediate cusp of an upper molar tooth
Very reduced P 2, broad upper molars with welldeveloped cingulum surrounding the crowns, very slight hypocone swelling on M 1 and M 2 and strongly reduced paraconule and metaconule, lingually bent paracone and metacone on M 2 .
1999 October 15, J.-J. Jaeger et al., “A New Primate from the Middle Eocene of Myanmar and the Asian Early Origin of Anthropoids”, in Science, volume 286, number 5439, →DOI, pages 528–530
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