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dental

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den·tal  (dntl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or for the teeth: dental caps.
2. Of, relating to, or intended for dentistry: dental work; dental bills.
3. Linguistics Articulated with the tip of the tongue near or against the upper front teeth: the English dental consonants t and d.
n. Linguistics
A dental consonant.

[New Latin dentlis, from Latin dns, dent-, tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots.]

dental
Adjective
of or relating to the teeth or dentistry [Latin dens tooth]

dental  (dntl)
Relating to the teeth.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dental - a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel
Adj.1.dental - of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss"
2.dental - of or relating to dentistry; "dental student"
Translations
dental [ˈdɛntl] adjdental

dental [ˈdɛntl] adjdentaire

dental [ˈdɛntl] adj (filling, hygiene etc) → Zahn-;
(treatment) → zahnärztlich

dental [ˈdɛntl] adjdentale

dental
adj dental [ˈdentl]
of or for the teeth Regular dental care is essential for healthy teeth. dentale سِنِّي، خاص بالأسْنان зъбен zubní tand-; dental- Zahn-... οδοντικός dental hamba- وابسته به دندان؛ دندانی hammas- dentaire שֶׁל שִינָיִים दंत्य zubni fog- mengenai gigi tann- dei denti 歯の 치아의, 치과의 dantų zobu- berkaitan dengan gigi tand- tann-, dental- zębowy, dentystyczny dentário dentar стоматологический zubný zoben zubni tand-, tandläkar- เกี่ยวกับฟัน diş, dişe ait 牙齒的 зубний; зуболікувальний داتوں کا ، دندانی thuộc về răng 齿的


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At the daily dental hour there would always be about five hundred soldiers gathered together in the neighborhood of that dental chair waiting to see the performance--and help; and the moment the surgeon took a grip on the candidate's tooth and began to lift, every one of those five hundred rascals would clap his hand to his jaw and begin to hop around on one leg and howl with all the lungs he had
In her estimation its price is far above rubies--and yet there hangs the dental jewel by its cord of braided bark, in the girl's house, which is far back in the valley; the door is left open, and all the inmates have gone off to bathe in the stream.
Every one bore the printed legend of the dental "parlours.
 
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