crestal

English

Etymology

crest +‎ -al

Adjective

crestal (not comparable)

That is situated on, or forms part of, a crest
- 2015 October 22, “Evaluation in a Dog Model of Three Antimicrobial Glassy Coatings: Prevention of Bone Loss around Implants and Microbial Assessments”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140374:
  Microbial samples and peri-implant crestal bone levels of all implant sites were obtained before, during and after the breakdown period.

Anagrams

Clarets, Scarlet, arclets, cartels, castrel, clarets, lacerts, scarlet

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