apicocoronal

English

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from apico- +‎ coronal.

Adjective

apicocoronal (not comparable)

(anatomy, dentistry, prosthodontics) Of or pertaining to the apical and coronal aspects of a tooth (the root apex and the crown); as (usually, more specifically) being on the longitudinal axis of the tooth, defined by those poles.

Coordinate terms

coronoapical (synonymous in the sense of collinear axis (↕) but antonymous in the sense of a vector (↑ vs ↓); thus, a synanagrammatocontronym (synanagrammatic contronym))

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