CEMENTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cementum mean? 

• CEMENTUM (noun)
  The noun CEMENTUM has 1 sense:

1. a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

  Familiarity information: CEMENTUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEMENTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cement; cementum

Hypernyms ("cementum" is a kind of...):

solid body substance (the solid parts of the body)

Holonyms ("cementum" is a part of...):

root (the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by a fibroblastic proliferation, cementum, and limited bone formation.

(Gigantiform Cementoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It consists of the dental pulp, dentin, enamel, cementum, odontogenic epithelium, and periodontium.

(Odontogenic Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

The hard portion of the tooth surrounding the pulp, covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on the root.

(Dentin, NCI Thesaurus)

An odontogenic fibroma in which cells have developed into cementoblasts and which consists largely of cementum.

(Cementoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cell in a hollow cavity of cellular cementum, ranging in shape from round to oval or flattened, and exhibiting numerous protoplasmic processes extending from its free surface.

(Cementocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

The area of a tooth where the enamel of the crown and the cementum of the root(s) are joined.

(Cementoenamel Junction, NCI Thesaurus)

The nucleus usually has a single nucleolus, which is active in the formation of cementum.

(Cementoblast, NCI Thesaurus)

Root planing is the definitive procedure designed for the removal of cementum and dentin that is rough, and/or permeated by calculus or contaminated with toxins or microorganisms.

(Periodontal Scaling and Root Planing, NCI Thesaurus)