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supracrestal en · ADJ

Etymology

From supra- + crestal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Above a crest
    • Widespread manifestations of active episodes of periodontal disease may be associated with variations in the supracrestal inflammatory cell populations, where significantly higher number of mast cells, monocytes/macrophages and plasma cells are present in active sites when compared with inactive sites. 2015, Nora SILVA et al., “Host response mechanisms in periodontal diseases”, in Journal of Applied Oral Science, volume 23, →DOI: