First Known Use: 1615
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dentition
noun den·ti·tion \den-ˈti-shən\
Definition of DENTITION
1
: the development and cutting of teeth
2
: the character of a set of teeth especially with regard to their number, kind, and arrangement — see tooth illustration
3
: teeth
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Origin of DENTITION
Latin dentition-, dentitio, from dentire to cut teeth, from dent-, dens
Rhymes with DENTITION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
Medical Dictionary
dentition
noun den·ti·tion \den-ˈtish-ən\
Medical Definition of DENTITION
1
: the development and cutting of teeth
2
: the character of a set of teeth especially with regard to their number, kind, and arrangement
3
: teeth
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