Definition of Dentition

1. Noun. The eruption through the gums of baby teeth.

Exact synonyms: Odontiasis, Teething
Generic synonyms: Development, Growing, Growth, Maturation, Ontogenesis, Ontogeny
Specialized synonyms: Precocious Dentition
Derivative terms: Teethe

2. Noun. The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal.
Exact synonyms: Teeth
Specialized synonyms: Primary Dentition, Secondary Dentition
Member holonyms: Tooth
Group relationships: Mouth, Oral Cavity, Oral Fissure, Rima Oris
Generic synonyms: Set

Definition of Dentition

1. n. The development and cutting of teeth; teething.

Definition of Dentition

1. Noun. The set of natural teeth of an individual ¹

2. Noun. The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual ¹

3. Noun. The process of growing teeth; teething ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dentition

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dentition

1. The teeth in the dental arch, ordinarily used to designate the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Origin: L. Dentitio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentition

dentiphone
dentiphones
dentiroster
dentirostral
dentiscalps
dentist
dentist's drill
dentist's practice patterns
dentist-patient relations
dentistical
dentistlike
dentistries
dentistry
dentists
dentition (current term)
dentitional
dentitionally
dentitions
dentize
dentized
dentizes
dentizing
dentoalveolar
dentoalveolar abscess
dentoalveolar joint
dentode
dentogingival lamina
dentoid

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