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odontiasis

noun

the eruption through the gums of baby teeth

• Syn: ↑teething, ↑dentition

• Derivationally related forms: ↑teethe (for: ↑teething)

• Hypernyms: ↑growth, ↑growing, ↑maturation, ↑development, ↑ontogeny, ↑ontogenesis

• Hyponyms: ↑precocious dentition

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/oh'don tuy"euh sis/, n. Dentistry.

dentition (def. 2).

[1700-10; < Gk odontiâ(n) to cut teeth + -SIS]

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‖ odontiasis

(ɒdɒnˈtaɪəsɪs)

[mod.L., f. Gr. όδοντιά-ειν to cut teeth: see -asis. In F. odontiase.]

The cutting of the teeth; dentition, teething.

in Phillips. in Hooper. In mod. Dicts.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.