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PERMANENT TOOTH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does permanent tooth mean?

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

1. any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age

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

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• PERMANENT TOOTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

adult tooth; permanent tooth

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

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

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