incisorn.
/ɪnˈsʌɪzə/, /ɪnˈsʌɪzɔː/, /ɪnˈsʌɪsə/, /ɪnˈsʌɪsɔː/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsaɪzər/ Anatomy and Zoology.
a. A tooth adapted for cutting; any one of the front teeth in either jaw, having a sharp edge and a single fang, situated between the canine teeth on each side, as in man and other mammals; hence extended to teeth of any character having this situation.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > front or incisor
fore-toothc1000
cutter1579
shearer1610
shredder1650
incisora1682
incisive1804
incisor tooth1830
a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 6 In the burnt Fragments of Urns which I have enquired into, altho I seem to find few Incisors or Shearers.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 194 Suppose the order of the Teeth..inverted, the Grinders set in the room of the Incisors.
1831 W. Youatt Horse v. 62 The horse has 6 incisors or cutting teeth, in the front of each jaw.
b. attributive. (a) Adapted for cutting, as incisor forceps; incisor tooth (= a). (b) Connected with the incisor teeth, as incisor artery, incisor canal, incisor foramen, incisor fossa, incisor nerve.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > front or incisor
fore-toothc1000
cutter1579
shearer1610
shredder1650
incisora1682
incisive1804
incisor tooth1830
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > able to cut
sective1656
incisor1879
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > front or incisor
incisory1594
incisive1804
incisor1886
incisal1916
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. vi. 289 The human teeth are chiefly incisor or cutting teeth, and molar or grinding teeth.
1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xi. 166 Like the incisor teeth of rodent quadrupeds, they are therefore continually growing, and are thus always preserved sharp and fit for use.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 635 Aided by strong cutting and incisor forceps, a partially decayed upper canine tooth was forcibly extracted.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Incisor artery, a branch of the inferior dental artery. It supplies the canine and incisor teeth... Incisor nerve, a branch of the inferior dental nerve. It supplies the canine and incisor teeth.
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