DECIDUOUS TOOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deciduous tooth mean? 

• DECIDUOUS TOOTH (noun)
  The noun DECIDUOUS TOOTH has 1 sense:

1. one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)

  Familiarity information: DECIDUOUS TOOTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECIDUOUS TOOTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

baby tooth; deciduous tooth; milk tooth; primary tooth

Hypernyms ("deciduous tooth" is a kind of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Holonyms ("deciduous tooth" is a part of...):

child's body (the body of a human child)

 Context examples 

Any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood.

(Permanent Tooth, NCI Thesaurus)

The signs and symptoms vary significantly and include death in utero, failure to thrive, premature loss of deciduous teeth, early loss of the adult dentition, hypercalcemia, osteomalacia, skeletal defects, renal stones, and movement disorders.

(Hypophosphatasia, NCI Thesaurus)