'Dentition' definitions:
Definition of 'dentition'
From: WordNet
noun
The eruption through the gums of baby teeth [syn: teething, dentition, odontiasis]
noun
The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal [syn: dentition, teeth]
Definition of 'Dentition'
From: GCIDE
- Dentition \Den*ti"tion\, n. [L. dentitio, fr. dentire to cut teeth, fr. dens, dentis, tooth. See Dentist.]
- 1. The development and cutting of teeth; teething. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal. [1913 Webster]