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cementum

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted ceemmntuStarts with CEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin caementum. Doublet of cement.

Used in a sentence

  • “From a purely anatomic standpoint, root cementum is part of the tooth, but also part of the periodontium.”
  • “Cementum is the least known calcified tissue in vertebrates (Bosshardt and Schroeder 1996) and several questions about cementogenesis have not yet been answered.”
  • “Whether epithelial cells from Hertwig's sheath contribute to initial cementum formation is controversial as has already been discussed in Chap. 1.”

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