dentulous

English

Adjective

dentulous (not comparable)

1. (usually medicine or zoology) Having natural teeth.

   Antonym: edentulous

   • 1874 June, W. C. Barrett, "The Anatomical and Histological Structure of Deciduous Teeth," Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York, p. 121 (Google preview):

     The teeth of such of the reptiles as are dentulous, are simple organs of prehension, and not intended for mastication.

   • 1979, William A. Clemens and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, "Multituberculata," in Jason A. Lillegraven et al. (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals, →ISBN, p. 112 (Google preview):

     No dentulous jaws of multituberculates found in deposits of Early Cretaceous age have yet been described.

   • 2011, K. J. Lee, Elizabeth H. Toh, editors, Otolaryngology: A Surgical Notebook, →ISBN, page 71:

     Edentulous patients with an atrophic mandible require a different plating strategy than dentulous patients who have a greater amount of bone.

Derived terms

• dentulousness

References

• “dentulous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• untousled