🦷 A premolar tooth 🔸 Having two points

bicuspid

3 7.4

A tooth with two small points between the front teeth and molars

noun
/ˈbaɪkʌspɪd/

Specialized

: bicúspide

His bicuspids look spectacular.
upper bicuspid
left bicuspid
two bicuspids

Examples

I'm putting an inlay in her lower left bicuspid.

Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
I've got a cavity in my upper bicuspid region.

Fiction book (1995)
The dentist recommended that I have my lower right bicuspid examined for decay.
After the accident, he noticed that one of his bicuspid teeth was chipped.
She has a filling in her upper left bicuspid that needs to be replaced.

Synonyms

premolar

vsbicuspid

Specialized

2 4.0

A tooth between the pointed front teeth and back teeth that helps grind food

is the alternate name used for this same tooth in many texts

back tooth

vsbicuspid

1 2.2

A tooth at the back of the mouth, like a molar

is a specific two cusped tooth located between incisors and molars

posterior

vsbicuspid

Specialized

1 6.8

A tooth at the back of the mouth like a molar

is narrower, naming the two cusped tooth rather than any rear mouth tooth

Compounds

bicuspid valve

Specialized

4.0

A heart part with two flaps between the left upper and left lower chambers that controls blood flow

Surface Forms

bicuspid singular

bicuspid teeth plural

bicuspid's singular

Morphology

bicuspid = cuspid (transparent) = bi + cuspid

The noun sense is the nominal use of the adjective; learners can derive it from 'bi-' + 'cuspid'.

Etymology

Bicuspid comes from the Latin parts bi- ('two') and cusp ('point'), so a bicuspid tooth is one with 'two points' and is the premolar between the front and back teeth used for chewing.