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edentulism

edentulism noun: the condition of lacking some or all teeth; toothlessness.

Noun

edentulism (uncountable)

  1. The condition of lacking some or all teeth; toothlessness.
    • There is no gender correlation for partial edentulism.2015 June 1, Vidhya Jeyapalan, Chitra Shankar Krishnan, “Partial Edentulism and its Correlation to Age, Gender, Socio-economic Status and Incidence of Various Kennedy’s Classes– A Literature Review”...

Origin of edentulism

From Latin ēdentulus + -ism.

Questions about edentulism

What does edentulism mean?
Edentulism means the condition of lacking some or all teeth; toothlessness.
What part of speech is edentulism?
Edentulism is a noun.

Words near edentulism in the dictionary

  1. edentated
  2. edentates
  3. edentation
  4. Edenton
  5. edentulate
  6. edentulism
  7. edentulosity
  8. edentulous
  9. edentulousness
  10. Edenville
  11. Edenwold

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