n., pl., -ma·ta (-mə-tə).
A gap or space between two teeth.
[Late Latin diastēma, interval, from Greek, from diistanai, diastē-, to separate. See diastasis.]
diastematic di'a·ste·mat'ic (-stə-măt'ĭk) adj.
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