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diastema

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diastema [‚dī·ə′stē·mə]
(anatomy)
A space between two types of teeth, as between an incisor and premolar.
(cell and molecular biology)
Modified cytoplasm of the equatorial plane prior to cell division.


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Formal studio portraits of absurdly grinning men and women of varying age, race, and ethnicity look like a yearbook from an adult education class until one identifies the one element that unites them: their diastema, or the gap between their front teeth.
The procedure, a diastema closure (closing a gap between teeth), begins at 11 a.
 
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