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Definition of Microdont
1. a. Having small teeth.
Definition of Microdont
1. Noun. A tooth that is smaller than usual. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Microdont
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Microdont
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Microdont
Literary usage of Microdont
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"The microdont races are the low- caste natives of central and southern India;
the Polynesians; the ancient Egyptians: mixed Europeans, not British; ..."
2. A Manual of Dental Anatomy, Human and Comparative by Charles Sissmore Tomes (1890)
"As in the female the skull is smaller whilst the teeth are the same, a slightly
higher index is arrived at in them : The microdont races are— European. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Dental Association at Its ... Annual Session by American Dental Association (1898)
"Among the microdont races the Polynesians show a much longer basi-nasal diameter
... But the dental length is observed to be shorter in the microdont series ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The microdont races are the low-caste natives of central and southern India; the
Polynesians; the ancient Egyptians ; mixed Europeans not British ; and the ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"Still another classification was that of the dental index by Professor WH Flower,
the microdont (the lowest index), ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"It is not necessarily microdont, nor is it confined to civilized man. I le has
evidently not read my paper on the subject or he would not have remarked that ..."
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