MOLAR

Molar

Molars are the most posterior and most complicated kind of tooth in most mammals. In many mammals they grind food; hence the Latin name mola, "millstone". In humans, the molars are four-cusped teeth.

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molar

Noun

  1. A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

Adjective

  1. Of, or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

Adjective (etymology 2)

  1. Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.
  2. Of, or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.


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