| LADA | laboratory animal dander allergy; left acromio-dorso-anterior [position]; left anterior descending a... |
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| OA | obstructive apnea; occipital artery; occipito-anterior; occiput anterior; octanoic acid; ocular albi... |
| Sa | the most anterior point of the anterior contour of the sella turcica [point]; saline; Staphylococcus... |
| ACA | Anterior Cerebral Artery |
| A-COM | Anterior COMmunicating artery |
| cuspless tooth | A tooth devoid of cusp formation; severe abrasion of an occlusal surface; a type of artificial denture tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cusp of tooth | An elevation or mound on the crown of a tooth making up a part of the occlusal surface. Synonym: cuspis dentis, cuspis coronae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| premolar tooth | A tooth usually having two tubercles or cusps on the grinding surface and a flattened root, single in the lower jaw and upper second premolar, and furrowed in the upper first premolar. There are four premolars in each jaw, two on either side between the canine and the molars; there are no premolars in the deciduous dentition. Synonym: dens premolaris, bicuspid tooth, dens bicuspidus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary tooth | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| second tooth | One of the 32 teeth belonging to the second or permanent dentition; eruption of the permanent teeth begins from the fifth to the seventh year, and is not completed until the seventeenth to the twenty-third year, when the last of the wisdom teeth appears. Synonym: dens permanens, dens succedaneus, second tooth, secondary dentition, succedaneous dentition, succedaneous tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulpless tooth | A tooth with a nonvital or necrotic pulp, or one from which the pulp has been extirpated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| natal tooth | A predeciduous supernumerary tooth present at birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neck of tooth | The slightly constricted part of a tooth, between the crown and the root. Synonym: cervix dentis, cervical margin of tooth, cervical zone of tooth, collum dentis, dental neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neonatal tooth | A tooth erupting up to 30 days after birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stomach tooth | One of the lower canine teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonvital tooth | A tooth with a nonvital pulp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| succedaneous tooth | One of the 32 teeth belonging to the second or permanent dentition; eruption of the permanent teeth begins from the fifth to the seventh year, and is not completed until the seventeenth to the twenty-third year, when the last of the wisdom teeth appears. Synonym: dens permanens, dens succedaneus, second tooth, secondary dentition, succedaneous dentition, succedaneous tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| normally posed tooth | A tooth in correct spatial relationship with its antagonist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dead tooth | A misnomer for pulpless tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deciduous tooth | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |