Definition of "premolars" [premolars]

• Plural form of premolar. (noun)

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• "The latter (Fig. 17) comprise four incisors, two canines, four small grinders, called premolars or false molars, and six large grinders, or true molars, in each jaw — making thirty-two in all."
• "Those cheek teeth of the second set, which have predecessors in the first series, are called premolars; the ones posterior to these are the molars."
• "The latter (Fig. 17) comprise four incisors, two canines, four small grinders, called premolars or false molars, and six large grinders, or true molars, in each jaw -- making thirty-two in all."