serratiform

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin serrātus (“saw”) + -i- +‎ -form.[1]

Adjective[edit]

serratiform (comparative more serratiform, superlative most serratiform)

  1. (dentistry) Saw-shaped.
    • 2018, John C Watkinson, Raymond W Clarke, editors, Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, eighth edition, volume 1, Boca Raton, F.L. […]: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 668:
      Incomplete capsular encroachment includes areas of irregular, serratiform and/or undulating inner capsular contour, perpendicular dentate capsular incursions and horizontally disposed (entrapped) intracapsular follicles, which do not qualify, though they should prompt further detailed scrutiny, as should any unexplained area of capsular expansion.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “serratiform, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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