Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dentition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dentition \Den*ti"tion\, n. [L. dentitio, fr. dentire to cut
teeth, fr. dens, dentis, tooth. See {Dentist}.]
1. The development and cutting of teeth; teething.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dentition
n 1: the eruption through the gums of baby teeth [syn: {teething},
{odontiasis}]
2: the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively)
in a person or animal [syn: {teeth}]
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