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crestal en · ADJ

Etymology

From crest + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That is situated on, or forms part of, a crest.
   • Microbial samples and peri-implant crestal bone levels of all implant sites were obtained before, during and after the breakdown period. 2015 October 22, “Evaluation in a Dog Model of Three Antimicrobial Glassy Coatings: Prevention of Bone Loss around Implants and Microbial Assessments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Deriveds

supracrestal

crestal en · NOUN

Etymology

From crest + -al.

Meanings

1. A scale located on the crest.
   • In the arrangement of the crestals Shinisaurus closely resembles Xenosaurus (in which genus, however, the crestals are blunt and resemble ornamental tack heads) […] 1955, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 15:

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