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edentulousness

edentulousness noun: the property of being edentulous; lack of teeth.

Noun

edentulousness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being edentulous; lack of teeth.
    • The objective of the study is to review the prevalence of partial edentulousness and its correlation to age,gender, arch predominance, socio economic factors and incidence of various Kennedy’s Classes.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”...
    Synonyms:
    edentulosity
    Antonyms:
    dentulousness

Synonyms of edentulousness

Antonyms

Origin of edentulousness

From edentulous + -ness.

Questions about edentulousness

What does edentulousness mean?
Edentulousness means the property of being edentulous; lack of teeth.
What part of speech is edentulousness?
Edentulousness is a noun.

Words near edentulousness in the dictionary

  1. Edenton
  2. edentulate
  3. edentulism
  4. edentulosity
  5. edentulous
  6. edentulousness
  7. Edenville
  8. Edenwold
  9. Eder
  10. Ederer
  11. Ederers

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