Preparacrista

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A crista directed anteriorly from the vicinity of the paracone apex, confluent with the precingulum.

    "The metaconule is smaller than the protocone. The preparacrista extends mesially, linking to the parastyle."

Example

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"The metaconule is smaller than the protocone. The preparacrista extends mesially, linking to the parastyle."

Etymology

From pre- + para- + crista.

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