edentulism

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noun

The condition of lacking some or all teeth; toothlessness.

OriginLatin ēdentulus →
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Meanings

nounedentulism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition of lacking some or all teeth; toothlessness.

    There is no gender correlation for partial edentulism.

    2015 June 1, Vidhya Jeyapalan, Chitra Shankar Krishnan, “Partial Edentulism and its Correlation to Age, Gender, Socio-economic Status and Incidence of Various Kennedy’s Classes– A Literature Review”, in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, volume 9, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
toothlessness

Origin

  1. Latinēdentulus
  2. Englishedentulism

From Latin ēdentulus + -ism.

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APA

edentulism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edentulism

MLA

“edentulism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edentulism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edentulism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edentulism.

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