diastema

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek διάστημα (diástēma, “interval, space between”). Compare diastasis.

• IPA^(key): /daɪəˈstiːmə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə

diastema (plural diastemas or diastemata)

1. (pathology) A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans).
   • 1968, Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside:

     A gormless-looking boy, thin and exhibiting diastemata in the shop-front lights, offered him English newspapers.

2. (pathology) any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or part of the body.
3. (cytology) the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.

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.

• diastematic
• diastemal

• Diastema (dentistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Adamites, Adamsite, adamites, adamsite, amidates

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek διάστημα (diástēma).

diastema m (plural diastemi)

1. diastema

• diastematico

• disamate

Derived from Ancient Greek διάστημα (diástēma).

• IPA^(key): /djaˈstɛ.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Syllabification: dia‧ste‧ma

diastema f

1. (dentistry, pathology) diastema (gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans))

• diastema in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• diastema in Polish dictionaries at PWN