dentigerous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dentigerous
Example Sentences
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Except in three dried skeletons, teeth were counted on dentigerous bones in situ.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John
A dentigerous cyst appears as a smooth, rounded, and painless swelling, usually in the region of the molar teeth.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The follicular odontoma, also known as a dentigerous cyst, is derived from the distension of a tooth follicle.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The dentigerous processes are characteristically large and angular and bear numerous teeth.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
Argenteohyla bears small, slightly curved prevomerine dentigerous processes in contrast to the large, angular processes of Osteocephalus.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
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