cementum

[si-men-tuh m]

noun Dentistry.

the bonelike tissue that forms the outer surface of the root of the tooth.

Origin of cementum

1605–15; < Latin, variant of caementum rough stone; see cement

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Historical Examples of cementum

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

a thin bonelike tissue that covers the dentine in the root of a tooth

Word Origin for cementum

C19: New Latin, from Latin: cement

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cementum in Medicine

cementum

[sĭ-mĕn′təm]

n.

A bonelike substance covering the root of a tooth.cement