dentin
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dentin
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From French dentine, from Latin dens (“tooth”) + English chemical suffix -in / -ine.
noun dentins · dentine
- The hard, dense calcareous material that makes up the bulk of a tooth.
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Talk about this word "dentin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dentin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dentin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dentin "dentin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dentin.Cite this
@misc{dentin_2026,
title = {dentin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dentin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}