dental


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dental/ˈdentl/
adjective
  • 1 relating to the teeth or dentistry.
  • 2 Phonetics (of a consonant) pronounced with the tip of the tongue against the upper front teeth (as th) or the alveolar ridge (as n, d, t).
– derivatives
dentalize (or dentalise) verb,
dentally adverb.
– origin C16: from late L. dentalis, from L. dens, dent- ‘tooth’.
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