hypoconidn.
/hʌɪpəʊˈkəʊnɪd/ Zoology.
A cusp on a mammalian lower molar tooth corresponding to the hypocone on an upper molar.
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1888 H. F. Osborn in Amer. Naturalist 22 1075 There is no evidence as to the origin of the hypoconid, which as a rule preceded the hypocone.
1919 J. H. Mummery Microsc. Anat. Teeth i. 36 In man the trigonid is represented by the protoconid and metaconid only,..and the five cusps are made up of these and three cusps of the talonid—the hypoconid, entoconid, and hypoconulid.
1968 R. Zangerl tr. B. Peyer Compar. Odontol. 187 In the lower jaw three cusps developed on the talonid: counting labio-lingually, hypoconid, hypoconulid, and entoconid.
1970 Nature 25 July 356/1 The crest connecting the entoconid and the hypoconid was continuous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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