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Webster 1913 Edition


Dentition

Den-ti′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
dentitio
, fr.
dentire
to cut teeth, fr.
dens
,
dentis
, tooth. See
Dentist
.]
1.
The development and cutting of teeth; teething.
2.
(Zool.)
The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dentition

DENTITION

,
Noun.
[L. To breed teeth.]
1.
The breeding or cutting of teeth in infancy.
2.
The time of breeding teeth.

Definition 2024


dentition

dentition

English

Noun

dentition (countable and uncountable, plural dentitions)

  1. The set of natural teeth of an individual
  2. The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual
  3. The process of growing teeth; teething

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