preparacrista

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ para- +‎ crista.

Noun

preparacrista (plural preparacristas)

  1. (dentistry) A crista directed anteriorly from the vicinity of the paracone apex, confluent with the precingulum.
    • (Can we date this quote?), A new specimen of a small dichobunoid artiodactyl from the Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar‎[1]:
      The metaconule is smaller than the protocone. The preparacrista extends mesially, linking to the parastyle.
  • postparacrista
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