dentitionn.
/dɛnˈtɪʃən/ 1. The production or ‘cutting’ of the teeth; teething.
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toothingc1440
breeding of teeth1544
dentition1615
teething1732
milk teething1822
eruption1859
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 969 Dentition or the breeding of the Teeth begins about the seauenth yeare, sometimes sooner.
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (ed. 2) 140 Dentition and Locution are for the most part Contemporaries.
1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 567 Latest Theories of difficult Dentition.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 365 With many constitutions it is as purely natural a crisis as dentition.
1895 N.E.D. at Dentition Mod. The second dentition is to some children as critical a period as the first.
2. The arrangement of the teeth, with regard to kind, number, and order, proper to a particular animal, or to an animal at a particular age.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] > arrangement or position of
dentition1849
dentelure1877
occlusion1880
proclination1924
1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 25 The dentition is as follow:—Incisors, 2/ 2; molars, 4 − 4/ 4 − 4.
1855 R. Owen Teeth 285 The dentition of the genus Elephas includes two long tusks.
1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 273 Of all distinguishing characters, the dentition of an animal is one of the most important.
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