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Dental : adj
1: of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss"
2: of or relating to dentistry; "dental student"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dental : \Den"tal\, a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See
Tooth.]
1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental
surgery.
2. (Phon.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain
articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t
are dental letters.
Dental formula (Zo["o]l.), a brief notation used by
zo["o]logists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a
mammal.
Dental surgeon, a dentist.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dental : \Den"tal\, n. [Cf. F. dentale. See Dental, a.]
1. An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with
a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See
Dentalium.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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