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amelogenesis
(redirected from amelogenesis imperfecta)

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amelogenesis [əˌmiːləʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs]
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(Medicine / Dentistry) the production of enamel by ameloblasts
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Noun1.amelogenesis - the developmental process of forming tooth enamel
growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (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 level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"


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The researchers say a determination of the gene's exact location should boost their understanding of a rare, hereditary weakness of tooth enamel called amelogenesis imperfecta.
Scientists home in on tooth enamel gene by Science News
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