What does edentulous mean?
Edentulous means (sciences) Toothless..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/iːˈdɛnt.jʊ.ləs/ · adjective
(sciences) Toothless..
A Malay elder crawled on to the veranda, greeted Crabbe with an edentulous "Tabek!" and then crouched in a dark corner, chewing a quid of sireh with hard gums.
Partial edentulism has traditionally been treated with conventional fixed prosthetics when adequate natural tooth abutments are available to support the edentulous span.
Use edentulous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Edentulous means (sciences) Toothless..
Common synonyms include toothless.
Possible antonyms include dentulous.
A Malay elder crawled on to the veranda, greeted Crabbe with an edentulous "Tabek!" and then crouched in a dark corner, chewing a quid of sireh with hard gums.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.