Meaning of loph | Babel Free

Definitions

A ridge of enamel connecting the cusps of a molar or cheek tooth.

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“The plates are closely cemented together and in the early tooth they extend above the surface in a series of lophs. Because there are many of them that make up the whole molar, the tooth is called a polylophodont.”

“I include only 15 cheektooth features, although one could define a great many more in a loph-by-loph analysis.”

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