CEMENTUM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

Synonyms:

cement; cementum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cementum" is a kind of...):

solid body substance (the solid parts of the body)

Holonyms ("cementum" is a part of...):

root (the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair)

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