dilaceration
Americannoun
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the act of dilacerating.
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the state of being dilacerated.
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Dentistry. displacement in the position of a developing tooth, resulting in angulation or distortion.
Etymology
Origin of dilaceration
1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin dīlacerātiōn- (stem of dīlacerātiō ) a tearing to pieces, equivalent to dīlacerāt ( us ) ( see dilacerate) + -iōn- -ion
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Besides, things which may perhaps be practiced innocently where they are familiar, produce a moral dilaceration in the course of their being introduced where they are new.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
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