premolar

Meanings

Plural: premolars

Noun

• a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars
• A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares)

Adj

• Before a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous.

Synonyms

bicuspid