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premolar

adj :  situated in front of or preceding the molar teeth : esp  :  being or relating to those teeth of a mammal in front of the true molars and behind the canines when the latter are present
n 1  :  a premolar tooth that in humans is one of two in each side of each jaw - called also bicuspid   2  :  a milk tooth that occupies the position later taken by a premolar tooth of the permanent dentition .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  para·mo·lar 

 
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