loph

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ridge of enamel connecting the cusps of a molar or cheek tooth.
    — The plates are closely cemented together and in the early tooth they extend above the surface in a series of lophs. Because there are many of them that make up the whole molar, the tooth is called a polylophodont.

词形变化

lophs plural

词源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”); compare lopho-, lophid.
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