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cementum

[si-men-tuh m]
noun Dentistry.
  1. the bonelike tissue that forms the outer surface of the root of the tooth.
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Origin of cementum

1605–15; < Latin, variant of caementum rough stone; see cement
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Examples from the Web for cementum

Historical Examples

  • Teeth-enamel is formed from the epiblast, and dentine, cementum, pulp (except as to nerve tissue) from the mesoblast.

    Degeneracy

    Eugene S. Talbot

British Dictionary definitions for cementum

cementum

noun
  1. a thin bonelike tissue that covers the dentine in the root of a tooth
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Word Origin

C19: New Latin, from Latin: cement
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cementum in Medicine

cementum

(sĭ-mĕn′təm)
n.
  1. A bonelike substance covering the root of a tooth.cement
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