permanent tooth

permanent tooth

n.

One of the second set of teeth in mammals that grow as the milk teeth are shed. Humans have 32 permanent teeth.

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Noun

1.

permanent tooth - any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age adult tooth tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense