tribosphenic

English

Etymology

Combining form from Ancient Greek τριβεo (tribeo, “rub, grind or pound”) and Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).[1]

Adjective

tribosphenic (comparative more tribosphenic, superlative most tribosphenic)

  1. (biology) Describing the original placental molars that have a talonid in the lower molar teeth, where the protocone of the upper teeth hits. Definied by George Gaylord Simpson in 1936.

Derived terms

  • pseudotribosphenic

References

  1. ^ Simpson, George Gaylord, « Studies of the Earliest Mammalian Dentitions*. (Continued) », The Dental cosmos; a monthly record of dental science, vol. 78, no 2, 1936, p. 791-800

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