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DENTITION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal

Synonyms:

dentition; teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("dentition" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Meronyms (members of "dentition"):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dentition"):

primary dentition (dentition of deciduous teeth)

secondary dentition (dentition of permanent teeth)

Holonyms ("dentition" is a part of...):

mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The eruption through the gums of baby teeth

Synonyms:

dentition; odontiasis; teething

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("dentition" is a kind of...):

development; growing; growth; maturation; ontogenesis; ontogeny ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dentition"):

precocious dentition (teething at an earlier age than expected)

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