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Definition of Dentoid

1. a. Shaped like a tooth; tooth- shaped.

Definition of Dentoid

1. Adjective. Shaped like a tooth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dentoid

1. resembling a tooth [adj] - See also: tooth

Medical Definition of Dentoid

1. Synonym: odontoid. See: dentiform. Origin: dent-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentoid

Literary usage of Dentoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological by Zoological Society of London Committee of Science and Correspondence, Committee of Science and Correspondence, Zoological Society of London (1850)
"The five species herein described are remarkable in the character of the dorsal line, which rises immediately under the margin into a dentoid line, ..."

2. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"ТЫ« is a specimen of dislocation occurring in consequence of disease ; though a similar dislocation or displacement of the dentoid process, the result of ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1850)
"The five species herein described are remarkable in the character of the dorsal line, which rises immediately under the margin into a dentoid line, ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"The five species herein described are remarkable in the character of the dorsal line, which rises immediately under the margin into a dentoid line, ..."

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