dentition
Noun
-
The eruption through the gums of baby teeth (synset 113586984)
is a type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex levelsubtypes: precocious dentition - teething at an earlier age than expectedsame as: odontiasis, teething
-
The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal (synset 105289932)
is a type of: set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so usedsubtypes:
- primary dentition - dentition of deciduous teeth
- secondary dentition - dentition of permanent teeth
member holonym: tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defenseis a part of: mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emergesame as: teeth
Found on Word Lists
Other Searches
- Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
- Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
- Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing