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Dental   /dˈɛntəl/  /dˈɛnəl/   Listen
adjective
dental  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
2.
(Phon.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d and t are dental letters.
Dental formula (Zool.), a brief notation used by zoologists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal.
Dental surgeon, a dentist.



noun
Dental  n.  
1.
An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
2.
(Zool.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.






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"Dental" Quotes from Famous Books



... This was, no doubt, what was called the danta-kashtha, or "dental wood," mostly a bit of the ficus Indicus or banyan tree, which the monk chews every morning to cleanse his teeth, and for the purpose of health generally. The Chinese, not having the banyan, have used, or at least Fa-hien used, Yang ({.}, the general name for ...
— Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms • Fa-Hien

... rifle; it is always with us, on parade, on march, on bivouac, and recently, when going through a dental examination, we carried our weapons of war into the medical officer's room. As befits units of a rifle regiment, we have got accustomed to our gun, and now, as fully trained men, we have established ...
— The Amateur Army • Patrick MacGill

... mouth, says the American Academy of Dental Science, is out of date. Much the same applies to ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 10th, 1920 • Various

... Domingo," and it is now called the Central University of Santo Domingo. It occupies the same building in the capital, adjoining the church of St. Dominic, where the old university was located. It confers degrees in five branches: law, medicine, pharmacy, dental surgery and mathematics and surveying. Practically all the lawyers of the Republic have graduated from this school. Most of the native pharmacists, also, have studied here. With reference to instruction ...
— Santo Domingo - A Country With A Future • Otto Schoenrich

... Always wears a frock-coat of best broadcloth, and an immense top-hat. Has one curiously protruding tooth which fascinates me, and makes my attention wander when he's telling me his anecdotes. I keep wondering how it ever got into that strange position—a sort of dental rocking-stone, weird, solitary, inexplicable. Everybody knows him, as he represents the St. Mark's Ward (which we are canvassing) in the Council. The flourish with which he always introduces me is wonderful. I might be an Emperor honouring the place with a visit. But the people ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, June 6, 1891 • Various


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