deciduous tooth (English, noun)
expansion: deciduous tooth (plural deciduous teeth)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any tooth that falls out as later teeth grow in or as other existing teeth move to take its place.
qualifier: particularly
glosses: (anatomy) A baby tooth or milk tooth which is replaced by later permanent teeth in animals displaying diphyodonty.
Forms:
form: deciduous teeth
tags: plural