edentulous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of edentulous
1775–85; < Latin ēdentulus, equivalent to ē- e- 1 + dent- (stem of dēns ) tooth + -ulus -ulous
Vocabulary lists containing edentulous
Example Sentences
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A short-snouted, orca-like skull shape is present in Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus, a markedly elongate, pointed rostrum is present in T. acutirostris and a markedly gracile, possibly edentulous rostrum is present in T. azerguensis, for example.
From Scientific American • Jan. 30, 2014
Dr. Costen cures those pains by repositioning the jaws with caps over eroded molars, false teeth in edentulous mouths.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hutchinson speaks of a child who was perfectly edentulous as to temporary teeth, but who had the permanent teeth duly and fully erupted.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The Government of India, in response to representations, has authorised the issue of a special ration of soft food to edentulous persons in famine camps.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various
There are in the famine camps in this area certain persons who, though not edentulous, are yet unable to masticate the ordinary ration.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various
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