NOUN | process | dentition, teething, odontiasis | the eruption through the gums of baby teeth |
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body | dentition, teeth | the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal |
Sounds | dehntih'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The eruption through the gums of baby teeth. | |
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Synonyms | teething, odontiasis | |
Narrower | precocious dentition | teething at an earlier age than expected |
Broader | growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically |
Spanish | dentición, odontiasis | |
Catalan | dentició, odontiasis |
Meaning | The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal. | |
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Synonym | teeth | |
Members | tooth | Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates |
Part of | mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris | The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge |
Narrower | primary dentition | dentition of deciduous teeth |
secondary dentition | dentition of permanent teeth | |
Broader | set | A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used |
Spanish | dentadura, dentición, dientes | |
Catalan | dentició |
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