perikyma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the pits around the long prisms of tooth enamel, indicating the places where enamel-producing cells used to make contact with neighbouring cells.

Word forms

perikyma perikymata

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περι- (peri-) + κῦμα (kûma).

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