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incisor

[ in-sahy-zer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Dentistry.

incisor

/ ɪnˈsaɪzə /

a chisel-edged tooth at the front of the mouth. In man there are four in each jaw

incisor

/ ĭn-sī′zər /

A sharp-edged tooth in mammals that is adapted for cutting or gnawing. The incisors are located in the front of the mouth between the canine teeth.

Origin of incisor¹

1665–75; < New Latin: literally, cutter, equivalent to Latin incīd ( ere ) to incise + -tor -tor, with -dt- > -s-

He had only one tooth, and he ate by using his thumb as a second incisor.

One source told Orth that Cruise brought in his hairstylist for Boniadi and wanted her incisor teeth filed down.

In young females the width of the braincase is more than the distance between the alveoli of the incisor and first molar.

The incisor teeth are remarkably curved in their long axes, with a convexity in front.

I see four sharp incisor teeth, father—two upper, and two under, as a squirrel has.

The single median sulcus on the anterior face of each incisor is typical of the genus Cratogeomys.

The incisor of memorial brasses, again, more especially in continental examples, shows a fondness for the same principle.

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