TOOTH ENAMEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tooth enamel mean? 

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

1. hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOOTH ENAMEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

enamel; tooth enamel

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

solid body substance (the solid parts of the body)

Holonyms ("tooth enamel" is a part of...):

crown (the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel)

 Context examples 

A family of lipo-soluble steroids important to the absorption, metabolism, and function of calcium and phosphorus and the growth and development of bone and tooth enamel.

(D Vitamin, NCI Thesaurus)

Tooth enamel is the hardest material present in mammals.

(‘Game-changing’ research could solve evolution mysteries, University of Cambridge)

A material, usually covered by or impregnated with a drug, that is inserted into a body cavity or between the tooth enamel and the gingival margin.

(Packing Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Presentation of this disorder can range from white streaks to brown stains and cracks or pits in the tooth enamel.

(Dental Fluorosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The family represents the principal constituent of epidermis, hair, nails, horny tissues, and the organic matrix of tooth enamel.

(Cytokeratin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

These proteins are the main component of intermediate filaments in the epidermis, hair, nails, horny tissues, and the organic matrix of tooth enamel.

(Cytokeratin, NCI Thesaurus)