IMPACTED TOOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impacted tooth mean? 

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

1. a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPACTED TOOTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

impacted tooth; impaction

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

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)