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Definition of Edentulous
1. Adjective. Having lost teeth.
Definition of Edentulous
1. a. Toothless.
Definition of Edentulous
1. Adjective. (sciences) Toothless ¹
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Definition of Edentulous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Edentulous
1. Without teeth. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edentulous
Literary usage of Edentulous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanical Dentistry: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of the by Charles Hunter (1882)
"Most edentulous cases, and partial ones with shallow teeth standing, are very
easily swaged between the zinc and lead models so as to fit the plaster cast; ..."
2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1873)
"ON AN edentulous CONDITION OF THE SKULL OF THE GREY SEAL (Halichoerus gryphus).
By PROFESSOR TURNER. IN Vol. V. of this Journal, p. ..."
3. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1893)
"Mr. W. Dall described a new method of preventing lateral and forward movement of
lower dentures in edentulous cases. ..."
4. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1893)
"edentulous NEURALGIA. DR. TW BROI'HY. Dental Review. The author calls attention
to one form of neuralgia in the absence of all the teeth, ..."