interfirst

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ first as a surface analysis that succeeds by way of syntactic reanalysis, although the escape from nonword status is recent and prescriptively arguable; see usage notes.

Adjective

interfirst (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard) Between the members of the first pair of specified things (such as premolars or molars).
    • 2015, Marcio Rodrigues de Almeida et al., “Dentoalveolar mandibular changes with self-ligating versus conventional bracket systems: A CBCT and dental cast study”, in Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics‎, volume 20, DOI:10.1590/2176-9451.20.3.050-057.oar:
      Further corroborating these findings, Vajaria el al 11 also found expansion in interfirst premolar distances.

Usage notes

See intersecond > Usage notes.

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