Dentiparous

//dɛnˈtɪpəɹəs// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    tooth-bearing not-comparable

    "A thin compact floor of bone separates this groove, and the sockets anterior to it, from the large cavity of the ramus of the jaw; it is pierced by bloodvessels for the supply of the pulps of the growing teeth and the vascular dentiparous membrane which lines the alveolar cavities."

Synonyms

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dentigerous

Example

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"A thin compact floor of bone separates this groove, and the sockets anterior to it, from the large cavity of the ramus of the jaw; it is pierced by bloodvessels for the supply of the pulps of the growing teeth and the vascular dentiparous membrane which lines the alveolar cavities."

Etymology

From denti- + -parous.

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