Noun: cementum
Sample Sentences
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From a purely anatomic standpoint, root cementum is part of the tooth, but also part of the periodontium. [2005, Herbert F. Wolf, Klaus H. Rateitschak, Periodontology, page 14:]
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Cementum is the least known calcified tissue in vertebrates (Bosshardt and Schroeder 1996) and several questions about cementogenesis have not yet been answered. [2007, Ermanno Bonucci, Biological Calcification: Normal and Pathological Processes in the Early Stages, page 245:]
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Whether epithelial cells from Hertwig's sheath contribute to initial cementum formation is controversial as has already been discussed in Chap. 1. [2007, Pieter Johannes Slootweg, Dental Pathology: A Practical Introduction, page 8:]
Nouns inflected like cementum
greyware,
chronotropy,
urgrund,
cytosorting,
homekeeping,
pedobaiting,
winterdress,
JLNS,
rumpology,
hopkinsiaxanthin,
enchylemma,
further education,
hexobendine,
humdrumminess,
unobligingness,
backscroll,
telocinobufagin,
dosulepin,
mensuralism,
crème de framboise, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caementum. Doublet of cement. See: Latin Nouns '
caementum'.