deciduous tooth

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Noun

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deciduous tooth (plural deciduous teeth)

  1. (anatomy) Any tooth that falls out as later teeth grow in or as other existing teeth move to take its place.
  2. (particularly) (anatomy) A baby tooth or milk tooth which is replaced by later permanent teeth in animals displaying diphyodonty.

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