Usually means: Gap between two adjacent teeth.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. diastema: Merriam-Webster
  2. diastema: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diastema: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diastema: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diastema: Vocabulary.com
  6. Diastema: Wordnik
  7. diastema: Wiktionary
  8. diastema: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. diastema: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. diastema: Dictionary.com
  11. Diastema (dentistry), Diastema (disambiguation), Diastema: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Diastema: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. diastema: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Diastema: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. diastema: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. diastema: FreeDictionary.org
  17. diastema: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. diastema: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. diastema: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diastema: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. diastema: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Orthodontic Terms (No longer online)
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  6. diastema: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diastema, diastema: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Diastema: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See diastemata as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (diastema)

noun:  (pathology) A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans).
noun:  (zoology, anatomy) A gap between teeth of different types, e.g. incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates.
noun:  (pathology) Any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or other part of the body.
noun:  (cytology) The modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.

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