Diastema vs Diastem - What's the difference?
diastema | diastem |
A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans). In other species, a diastema refers to a gap between teeth of different types, e.g. incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates.
* 1968 , Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside :
In pathology, a diastema may refer to any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or part of the body.
In cell biology, the diastema is the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.
Intervening space; interval.
(obsolete, music) An interval.
(geology) A minor depositional break.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between diastema and diastem
is that diastema is a gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans) in other species, a diastema refers to a gap between teeth of different types, eg incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates while diastem is intervening space; interval.diastema
English
Noun
(en-noun)- A gormless-looking boy, thin and exhibiting diastemata in the shop-front lights, offered him English newspapers.
