paradental

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adjective

Of or relating to a family of inflammatory odontogenic cysts that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molars.

OriginEnglish dental ← Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta →
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Meanings

adjectiveparadental (not comparable)
  1. not comparabledentistryOf or relating to a family of inflammatory odontogenic cysts that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molars.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
  6. Englishpara-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  9. Proto-Italic*dents
  10. Latindēns
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Medieval Latindentālis
  14. Middle Frenchdenta
  15. Late Latindentālis
  16. Englishdental
  17. Englishparadental

From para- + dental.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with paradental

environmentalrentaldentalexperimentalcontinentaldevelopmentalgentleinstrumentaldepartmentalaccidentalelementalintergovernmentaloccidentaltranscendentalnongovernmentalcoincidentallentiljudgmentalinterdepartmentaltemperamentalentalcompartmentalunsentimentalcental
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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