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crestal

adj

Etymology

From crest + -al.

  1. derived from crista
  2. derived from *cresta✻
  3. inherited from cræsta — “crest, tuft, plume”
  4. derived from creste
  5. inherited from creste
  6. suffixed as crestal — “crest + al”

Definitions

  1. That is situated on, or forms part of, a crest.

    • Microbial samples and peri-implant crestal bone levels of all implant sites were obtained before, during and after the breakdown period.

  2. A scale located on the crest.

    • In the arrangement of the crestals Shinisaurus closely resembles Xenosaurus (in which genus, however, the crestals are blunt and resemble ornamental tack heads) […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA