What does "cementum" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "cementum"?

Common synonyms include: cement.

noun

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Noun

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
a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth wordnet

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

Borrowed from Latin caementum. Doublet of cement.