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dentition

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9 lettersPronunciation /dɛnˈtɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted deiinnottStarts with DEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal

Word origin

From Latin dentītiō (“teething, dentition”).

Used in a sentence

  • Can a medical man say just exactly from the necessarily hurried examination he must give of the mouth, and without a special dental knowledge, what constitutes a good dentition?
  • As mentioned dentition of bivalves, i.e. teeth and sockets, occur on the vertical portion of the hinge plates of the two valves, which are in contact with each other when the shell is closed.

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