plicidentine

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noun

A form of dentin containig sinuous tubules.

OriginLatin plica →
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Meanings

nounplicidentine (plural plicidentines)

plural plicidentines

  1. biologyA form of dentin containig sinuous tubules.

    Infolded dentine (plicidentine) around the pulp cavities of the tooth roots is an ancient dental feature of fishes (sarcopterygians and actinopterygians

    2020, Garbe,U, Neutron Radiography: WCNR-11
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    In modern levels, only the plate type tooth of myliobatoid rays is composed of plicidentine. The tooth of an eagle ray, Myliobatis, is composed of an outer thin layer of enameloid, an inner plicidentine and a basal osseous tissue.

    2012, Shoichi Suga, Hiroshi Nakahara, Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems

Origin

  1. Latinplica“fold”
  2. Englishplicidentine

Latin plica (“fold”) + English dentine.

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