furcation
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Furcation — Fur*ca tion, n. A branching like a fork. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Furcation — La furcation d une dent correspond à l endroit où les racines commencent à diverger dans l alvéole osseuse. Une molaire comporte trois racines en général et toutes les configurations radiculaires peuvent exister. De la jonction émail racine… … Wikipédia en Français
furcation — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin furcation , furcatio, from furcare to branch, from Latin furca fork Date: 1646 1. something that is branched ; fork 2. the act or process of branching … New Collegiate Dictionary
furcation — noun The act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out. See Also: bifurcation … Wiktionary
furcation — 1. A forking, or a forklike part or branch. 2. In dental histology, the region of a multirooted tooth at which the roots divide. [L. furca, fork] * * * n. the place where the roots fork on a multirooted tooth. * * * fur·ca·tion (fər kaґsh … Medical dictionary
furcation — fur·ca·tion || fÉœr keɪʃn /fÉœË k n. dividing, separating, branching; branch like division … English contemporary dictionary
furcation — n. Branching, forking, divarication … New dictionary of synonyms
furcation — fur·ca·tion … English syllables
furcation — n. the place where the roots fork on a multirooted tooth … The new mediacal dictionary
furcation — noun the place where something divides into branches • Syn: ↑forking • Derivationally related forms: ↑fork (for: ↑forking), ↑furcate • Hypernyms: ↑angular shape, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
