"diastema" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪəˈstiːmə/ Forms: diastemas [plural], diastemata [plural]
Rhymes: -iːmə Etymology: From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek διάστημα (diástēma, “interval, space between”). Compare diastasis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{der|en|grc|διάστημα||interval, space between}} Ancient Greek διάστημα (diástēma, “interval, space between”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|diastemata}} diastema (plural diastemas or diastemata)
  1. (pathology) A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans). Categories (topical): Pathology Translations (gap or space between two adjacent teeth): diasteema (Finnish), hammasrako (Finnish), dents du bonheur [feminine, plural] (French), èjí (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-diastema-en-noun-Kj-OUztE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Yoruba translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 32 22 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 27 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 24 27 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 26 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Yoruba translations: 25 25 27 22 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'gap or space between two adjacent teeth': 66 26 7 1
  2. (zoology, anatomy) A gap between teeth of different types, e.g. incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Zoology Translations (gap between teeth of different types): hammasloma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-diastema-en-noun-Tm9JxsCh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Yoruba translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 32 22 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 27 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 24 27 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 26 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Yoruba translations: 25 25 27 22 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'gap between teeth of different types': 28 66 4 2
  3. (pathology) Any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or other part of the body. Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-diastema-en-noun-zeikfH9s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Yoruba translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 32 22 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 27 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 24 27 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 26 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Yoruba translations: 25 25 27 22 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  4. (cytology) The modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division. Categories (topical): Cytology
    Sense id: en-diastema-en-noun-epKKhs56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Yoruba translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 32 22 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 24 23 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 27 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 24 27 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 26 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Yoruba translations: 25 25 27 22 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diastematic, diastemal

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.