Dentulous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dentulous is an adjective meaning (usually medicine or zoology) Having natural teeth.
Meaning
(usually medicine or zoology) Having natural teeth.
Example Sentences
No dentulous jaws of multituberculates found in deposits of Early Cretaceous age have yet been described.
The teeth of such of the reptiles as are dentulous, are simple organs of prehension, and not intended for mastication.
Edentulous patients with an atrophic mandible require a different plating strategy than dentulous patients who have a greater amount of bone.
Antonyms for dentulous
Common opposites include edentulous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dentary, teethly, dentitional, dentistic, toothly, dentognathic.
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