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Dens

//dɛnz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of den form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates.
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of den. form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin dens (“a tooth”). Doublet of dent and tooth.

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