edentulousness

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noun

The property of being edentulous; lack of teeth.

Similar
edentulosity
Opposite
dentulousness
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Meanings

nounedentulousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe property of being edentulous; lack of teeth.

    The objective of the study is to review the prevalence of partial edentulousness and its correlation to age,gender, arch predominance, socio economic factors and incidence of various Kennedy’s Classes.

    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: edentulosity · Antonyms: dentulousness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe property of being edentulous; lack of teeth.

Similar
edentulosity
Opposite
dentulousness
Also see
edentulosity

Origin

From edentulous + -ness.

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APA

edentulousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edentulousness

MLA

“edentulousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edentulousness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edentulousness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edentulousness.

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