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cementum

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.

uncountable

Equivalents

Françaiscément
DeutschZement
Portuguêscementocimento
8 more languages
Bosanskicement
Hrvatskicement
Bahasa Indonesiasemen
日本語白亜質
Kurdîçîmento
Српскиcement

Examples

From a purely anatomic standpoint, root cementum is part of the tooth, but also part of the periodontium.”
Cementum is the least known calcified tissue in vertebrates (Bosshardt and Schroeder 1996) and several questions about cementogenesis have not yet been answered.”
Whether epithelial cells from Hertwig's sheath contribute to initial cementum formation is controversial as has already been discussed in Chap. 1.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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