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Cementum

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement. uncountable

    "From a purely anatomic standpoint, root cementum is part of the tooth, but also part of the periodontium."

  2. 2
    a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caementum. Doublet of cement.

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