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Definition of dentition noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dentition

noun
 
/denˈtɪʃn/
 
/denˈtɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable] (specialist)
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  1. the arrangement or condition of a person’s or an animal’s teeth
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting the development of teeth): from Latin dentitio(n-), from dentire ‘teethe’, from dens, dent- ‘tooth’.
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