Dentition

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  • noun. The type, number, and arrangement of a set of teeth.
  • noun. The process of growing new teeth; teething.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The process of cutting teeth; teething.
  • noun. The time during which teeth are being cut.
  • noun. The kind, number, and arrangement of the teeth proper to any animal: as, the carnivorous dentition, in which the teeth are normally specialized as incisors, canines, premolars, and molars; the rodent dentition, in which some or all of the teeth grow indefinitely from persistent pulps, the incisors are scalpriform, and canines are absent; the monophyodont dentition, in which there is but one set of teeth; the diphyodont dentition, in which there are two sets of teeth, etc.
  • noun. the state of being toothed or dentate; denticulation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The development and cutting of teeth; teething.
  • noun. The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The set of natural teeth of an individual
  • noun. The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual
  • noun. The process of growing teeth; teething
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
  • noun. the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
  • Word Usage
    "Now, even given the horrific worldwide opinion of British dentition, which is not wholly-unjustifiable, and the stunning UK sweet-tooth, I found this a, how shall we say, rather large amount of sugar, especially in comparison to the penurious amounts of food that the provisions amount to, no matter how large the original amount might seem."
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