Definitions for diastema

diastema di·a·ste·ma

Spelling: [dahy-uh-stee-muh]
IPA: /ˌdaɪ əˈsti mə/

Diastema is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 368 anagrams from letters in diastema (aadeimst).

Definitions for diastema

noun

  1. Cell Biology. the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.
  2. Dentistry. a space between two teeth, especially a space between a canine and an incisor of the upper jaw into which a lower canine occludes.

Origin of diastema

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin Greek: interval, equivalent to diastē, variant stem of diastánai to stand apart + -ma noun suffix denoting the result of action

Examples for diastema

The small size of the canine and of the first premolar produces a diastema in the tooth series.

Between them and the incisors above, and between the canine and the anterior pre-molar below, occurs a gap (or diastema).

On the mandible the great length of the diastema between the incisors and premolars is a Giraffine characteristic.

In combination with this characteristic, it often happens that there is a diastema next to the canine.

The genus is characterized by maxillary teeth of equal size followed by a diastema and two enlarged grooved fangs.

Homalodontotherium owes its name to its even row of teeth without a diastema.

The teeth are in a continuous series; no diastema or maxillary step is evident.

Then the absence of a diastema in the tooth series, coupled with the presence in Macrauchenia of a complete dentition.

The canines were not greatly enlarged, and no diastema separated any of the teeth.

Three specimens lack a diastema and 17 specimens have a diastema.

Word Value for diastema
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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