edentulous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin edentulus, which is in turn derived from the prefix e-, meaning "without", and the word dens, meaning "tooth."
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
edentulous (not comparable)
- (sciences) Toothless
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2000, Patrick J. Stevens et al., chapter 7, in Implant Prosthodontics: Clinical and Laboratory Procedures, →ISBN, page 87:
- Partial edentulism has traditionally been treated with conventional fixed prosthetics when adequate natural tooth abutments are available to support the edentulous span.
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Usage notes[edit]
- An edentulous animal is one that is missing teeth it normally has. An animal that normally has no teeth, such as an anteater, is edentate.
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Translations[edit]
toothless — see toothless