dentigerous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dentis (“genitive singular of dens”) + -gerous (“bearing”).
Adjective edit
dentigerous (not comparable)
- Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
- 1986, William E. Duellman, Linda Trueb, Biology of Amphibians, page 317:
- They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).
- 2001, Ben Z. Pilch, Head and Neck Surgical Pathology[1], page 203:
- Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells.
- 2006, Gunther Theischinger, John Hawking, The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia, page 136:
- Female with dentigerous plate of ovipositor moderately wide and bearing 8–12 teeth; anal appendages of female not particularly pointed (B).
Synonyms edit
- (pertaining to tooth-generating tissue): follicular
See also edit
Dentigerous cyst on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
