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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dentine
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The surface pitting of the enamel is similar, and the dentine has not been removed or digested to any great extent.
▪ Tooth dentine and bone is less affected.
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Dentine

Dentine \Den"tine\ (d[e^]n"t[i^]n), n. [Cf. F. dentine.] (Anat.) The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.

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dentine

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dentine

  1. n. a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth [syn: dentin]

  2. bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth [syn: dentin]

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Darwin, Francis, on the effect of an induced galvanic current on Drosera, 37 , on the digestion of grains of chlorophyll, 126 , on Utricularia, 442 Delpino, on Aldrovanda, 321 , on Utricularia, 395 Dentine, its digestion by Drosera, 106 Digestion of various substances by Dionaea, 301 by Drosera, 85 by Drosophyllum, 339 by Pinguicula, 381 , origin of power of, 361 Digitaline, action on Drosera, 203 Dionaea muscipula, small size of roots, 286 , structure of leaves, 287 , sensitiveness of filaments, 289 , absorption by, 295 , secretion by, 295 , digestion by, 301 , effects on, of chloroform, 304 , manner of capturing insects, 305 , transmission of motor impulse, 313 , reexpansion of lobes, 318 Direction of inflected tentacles of Drosera, 243 Dohrn, Dr.

The decalcified dentine was now so tender that it was torn into shreds merely by the force of the reexpanding tentacles.