Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plicated or folded dentine; a kind of dentine which is folded on a series of vertical plates, causing the surface of the tooth to be fluted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A form of
dentine which showssinuous lines ofstructure in atransverse section of thetooth .
Etymologies
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Latin plica fold + English dentine.
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