crestal (Meaning)
crestal
to furnish with a crest, a process or prominence on a part of an animal body, the upper curve or ridge of the neck of a quadruped (as a horse), the top line of a mountain or hill, a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration, to rise to a crest, the plume or identifying emblem worn on a knight's helmet, a showy growth (as of flesh or feathers) on the head of an animal, the top of a wave, a heraldic device depicted above the escutcheon (see escutcheon sense 1) but not upon a helmet, to give a crest to, coat of arms sense 2a, a heraldic representation of the crest, a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird, climax, culmination, the mane borne on such a crest, the top of a helmet, the ridge of a roof, an upper part, edge, or limit, crown, a ridge especially on a bone, peak, an emblem or design on a helmet (as of a knight) or over a coat of arms, a ridge or prominence on a part of an animal body, something suggesting a crest especially in being an upper prominence, edge, or limit, a high point of an action or process and especially of one that is rhythmic, to reach the crest of
Synonyms & Antonyms of crestal
Synonyms:
- momentous
- pivotal
- earthshaking
- make-or-break
- epochal
- decisive
- deciding
- cataclysmal
- go-no-go
- payoff
- vital
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
crestal Sentence Examples
- The crestal bone of the mandible was severely resorbed due to periodontal disease.
- The crestal lamina is a thin layer of bone covering the crest of the alveolar bone.
- The crestal bone level was measured using a periodontal probe to assess bone loss.
- A crestal defect is a loss of bone tissue at the crest of the alveolar bone.
- The crestal height of the bone is an important factor in determining the success of dental implants.
- A crestal bone graft is a procedure to restore lost bone at the crest of the alveolar bone.
- The crestal ridge is the highest point of the alveolar bone.
- The crestal mucosa is the tissue lining the crest of the alveolar bone.
- Crestal bone remodeling is a process by which bone is continuously replaced at the crest of the alveolar bone.
- The crestal width of the bone is the distance between the crestal bone level and the external surface of the bone.
FAQs About the word crestal
to furnish with a crest, a process or prominence on a part of an animal body, the upper curve or ridge of the neck of a quadruped (as a horse), the top line of
highest,apical, culminating, crowning, meridian, watershed, life-and-death,climactic, high, cataclysmic
noncritical,anticlimactic, unimportant, insignificant, anticlimactical, trivial, inconsequential,indecisive,
The crestal bone of the mandible was severely resorbed due to periodontal disease.
The crestal lamina is a thin layer of bone covering the crest of the alveolar bone.
The crestal bone level was measured using a periodontal probe to assess bone loss.
A crestal defect is a loss of bone tissue at the crest of the alveolar bone.
