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Cementum
Cementum meaning
A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.
Synonyms of Cementum
Example sentences (4)
Researchers analyzed the orthodentin and the cementum in the sloth tooth.
Only in larger whales, where the cementum is worn away on the tip of the tooth, does enamel show.
The volcanic ash and pulverized brick supplements that were added to the burnt lime, to obtain a hydraulic binder, were later referred to as cementum, cimentum, cäment, and cement.
Veterinary medicine * Infundibulum (tooth) : In horses, other equines and ruminants, the infundibulum of a tooth is the central cup or funnel of tooth enamel and cementum.