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cuspid

[ kuhs-pid ]

noun

  1. (in humans) a tooth with a single projection point or elevation; canine.


cuspid

/ ˈ°ìÊŒ²õ±èɪ»å /

noun

  1. a tooth having one point; canine tooth
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuspid1

1735–45; < Latin cuspid- (stem of cuspis ) point
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She importuned Fred to notice the blood on the cuspid and to imagine the agony surrounding its expulsion from her mouth.

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She glued brackets to them, then attached those to what she’d called the “lateral†to the right, and the “upper left cuspid,†which is that tooth that looks like a fang.

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C. V. Rosser, of Atlanta, Georgia, has two small molars and a supernumerary cuspid perfectly united, from crown to root, and these three further united to the roots of a well-formed molar.

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We have known of cases where cuspids, bicuspids, and molars have all been extracted.

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The incisors, cuspids, and bicuspids, have each but one root.

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