Dental
['dent(ə)l] or ['dɛntl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to the teeth; 'dental floss' .
(adj.) of or relating to dentistry; 'dental student' .
Editor: Milton--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
(a.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.
(a.) An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
(a.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.
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Definition
adj. belonging to the teeth: produced by the aid of the teeth.—n. an articulation or letter pronounced chiefly with the teeth.—adj. Den′tary belonging to dentition bearing teeth.—n. the distal element of the jaw of vertebrates below mammals.—Dental engine a mechanical appliance giving a rotary motion to a dentist's boring instruments.
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Examples
- In addition to the use of anaesthetics, improvements have been made in nearly every form of dental instruments, such as forceps, dental engines, pluggers, drills, hammers, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Porcelain and gold crowns and dental pluggers run by electricity represent other important advances in this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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