erupt
verb (used without object)
to burst forth.
unerupted
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a word derived from
erupt.
Example Sentences
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The shape of the unerupted adult teeth revealed that Alesi belonged to a genus, or group of species, known as Nyanzapithecus, a sister group to the hominoids that was discovered about 30 years ago.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 10, 2017
And the skull’s intact braincase, which has preserved impressions of the brain’s exterior surface, also contains the infant ape’s unerupted adult teeth.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 9, 2017
When the condition is due to a carious stump or to an unerupted tooth, this should be extracted at the same time as the abscess is opened.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
But in the unerupted species of lava, that is to say, in our whin-stone, every species of mineral appearance is occasionally to be found.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by James Hutton
