dental

/denˈtal/ · B2 · adj

dental

🦷 dental = dent (tooth) + al, like English dentist and dent-ure

Spanish dental comes from Latin dens, dentis, meaning tooth. The same root gives English dentist, denture and trident. Whenever you see dent- in a word, think tooth, so dental means relating to teeth.

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