crestal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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adj

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

noun

"Microbial samples and peri-implant crestal bone levels of all implant sites were obtained before, during and after the breakdown period."
"In the arrangement of the crestals Shinisaurus closely resembles Xenosaurus (in which genus, however, the crestals are blunt and resemble ornamental tack heads) […]"

From crest + -al.

crestals (plural)

supracrestal

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