edentulous

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/iːˈdɛnt.jʊ.ləs/(UK)
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/iːˈdɛnt.jʊ.ləs/(UK) · /iˈdɛnt.jʊ.ləs/(US) · /iˈdɛn.t͡ʃʊ.ləs/(US)

Definition of edentulous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Toothless.
    “A Malay elder crawled on to the veranda, greeted Crabbe with an edentulous "Tabek!" and then crouched in a dark corner, chewing a quid of sireh with hard gums.”
    “Partial edentulism has traditionally been treated with conventional fixed prosthetics when adequate natural tooth abutments are available to support the edentulous span.”

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Etymology

Latin edentulus, which is in turn derived from the prefix e-, meaning "without", and the word dens, meaning "tooth."

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