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plicidentine

plicidentine noun: a form of dentin which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.

Noun

plicidentine (plural plicidentines)

  1. A form of dentin which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.

Forms of plicidentine

pluralplicidentines

Origin of plicidentine

Latin plica (“fold”) + English dentine.

Questions about plicidentine

What does plicidentine mean?
Plicidentine means a form of dentin which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.
What part of speech is plicidentine?
Plicidentine is a noun.
What is the plural of plicidentine?
The plural of plicidentine is plicidentines.

Words near plicidentine in the dictionary

  1. plicatulids
  2. plicature
  3. plicatures
  4. Plichta
  5. Plichtas
  6. plicidentine
  7. plicidentines
  8. pliciform
  9. plicometer
  10. plicometers
  11. plicometry

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