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TEETH
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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:
Hypernyms ("teeth" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
Meronyms (members of "teeth"):
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 "teeth"):
primary dentition (dentition of deciduous teeth)
secondary dentition (dentition of permanent teeth)
Holonyms ("teeth" is a part of...):
mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)
Context examples:
A question about whether an individual has or had a painful ache in their mouth due to problems with teeth, denture or mouth.
(Painful Ache in Mouth due Problem with Teeth, Denture or Mouth, NCI Thesaurus)
An infectious process affecting the tissues that surround and support the teeth.
(Periodontal Infection, NCI Thesaurus)
Patterns of metal uptake were compared using teeth from 32 pairs of twins and 12 individual twins.
(Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH)
Vintana belongs to a group of early mammals called gondwanatherians, which had been known only from a few teeth and jaw fragments.
(Scientists discover fossil of bizarre groundhog-like mammal on Madagascar, NSF)
They observed the von Ebner lines, patterns that form in vertebrate teeth as they grow, to determine how long the overall developmental process was taking.
(Slow-cooking dinosaur eggs may have contributed to extinction, Wikinews)
Some people have naturally straight teeth that fit together.
(Orthodontia, NIH)
From the time your child is born, there are things you can do to promote healthy teeth and prevent cavities.
(Child Dental Health, NIH: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)
But now, as we came out from the dust, we could see what was ahead, and my uncle whistled between his teeth at the sight.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Poor Margaret Fraser will be at me for ever about your eyes and your teeth, and how you do your hair, and who makes your shoes.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Raw and chill was the winter morning: my teeth chattered as I hastened down the drive.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
