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

  1. US, uncountable, usually The hard, dense calcareous material that makes up the bulk of a tooth.

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noun material of a tooth

Españoldentina
中文牙本質 /牙本质 yáběnzhì
Portuguêsdentina
Françaisdentine
DeutschDentin
Italianodentina
Ελληνικάοδοντίνη odontíni
Русскийдентин dentin

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@misc{dentin_2026,
  title = {dentin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dentin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}