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agomphosis

agomphosis noun: looseness of the teeth.

Noun

agomphosis (uncountable)

  1. Looseness of the teeth.
    • The content of survey include oral hygiene state, gingivitis, periodontitis, dental caries, agomphosis, dental prosthesis, leukokeratosis.1995, Sun Yanyan, “A Survey of State of Oral Health on the Middle and Old-aged People in Xining”, in Journal of Qinghai Medical College
    • 10 fresh mandibles, 18 adult mandibles with total teeth and 20 volunteers without agomphosis were selected and exposed the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle, the mandibular canal and the dental root of mandibular posterior teeth, scanned in series by CT, and then its three-dimensional image...2009, Fu Sheng-qi, Fan Xi-yin, Liu Heng-xing, “Relationship of the mandibular canal with the mandibular posterior teeth and its clinical significance”, in Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy, volume 6
    Synonyms:
    agomphiasis

Synonyms of agomphosis

Origin of agomphosis

From a- + gomphosis.

Questions about agomphosis

What does agomphosis mean?
Agomphosis means looseness of the teeth.
What part of speech is agomphosis?
Agomphosis is a noun.

Words near agomphosis in the dictionary

  1. agomelatine
  2. agomir
  3. agomirs
  4. agomphiasis
  5. agomphious
  6. agomphosis
  7. agon
  8. agonadal
  9. agonadia
  10. agonadism
  11. agonal

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