incisor

incisor /in·ci·sor/ (I) (-si´zer)

1. adapted for cutting.

2. incisor tooth.

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in·ci·sor (n-szr)

n.

Any of the four teeth adapted for cutting or gnawing, having a chisel-shaped crown and a single conical root and located in the front part of both jaws in both deciduous and permanent dentitions.

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incisor(s) (insī´zur),

n a cutting tooth, one of the four anterior teeth of either jaw.

incisor, central,

n the first incisor.

incisor, Hutchinson's,

n the malformed teeth caused by the presence of congenital syphilis during tooth development. The incisors usually are shorter than normal, show a single permanent notch on each incisal edge, and are screwdriver shaped.

incisor, lateral,

n the second incisor.

incisor point,

n See point, incisor.

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incisor

1. adapted for cutting.

2. any one of the six (eight in ruminants but only in the lower jaw) front teeth of either jaw. See also teeth.