mesiolingualadj.
/ˌmɛsɪə(ʊ)ˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛzɪoʊˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/, /ˈˌmizɪoʊˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/; see also mesio- comb. form. Chiefly Zoology and Dentistry.
Situated on or relating to the mesial and lingual aspects of a tooth.
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1923 L. Ottofy Standard Dental Dict. 217/2 Mesiolingual,..the angle formed by the junction of the mesial and lingual surfaces of any tooth, or by the corresponding walls of a cavity.
1967 Science 24 Feb. 1006/3 The mesiolingual cingulum cusp..is also present in the British symmetrodonts and Spalacotheroides.
1976 Jrnl. Dental Res. 55 189 The qualitative literature on cusp size hierarchy requires revision because the quantitative data suggest that the mesiolingual cusp is largest, the distobuccal cusp second largest, the mesiobuccal cusp third largest, and the distolingual cusp smallest.
1990 European Jrnl. Orthodontics 12 382/1 The mesiolingual cusps of the molar and the tips of the canines were digitized using the reflex metrograph.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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