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Definition of Dentiform
1. a. Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
Definition of Dentiform
1. Adjective. Having the shape or structure of a tooth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dentiform
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Dentiform
1. Tooth-shaped; pegged. See: odontoid. Origin: denti-+ L. Forma, form (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentiform
Literary usage of Dentiform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"... dentiform' i», from de ni, dentil, ' k tooth,' and forgia, ' form.' Resembling a
tooth ¡D sh:n DE. ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1815)
"Mill Street, Hanover Square, December 12, 1811. II. Case of Caries in the second
Cervical Vertebra, and consequent fi ac- ture of its dentiform Process. ..."
3. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"Leaves alternate, either all minute dentiform or some large foliaceous, ...
Leaves dentiform, rarely with a few small flat ones; spike» elongate, ..."
4. The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Thomas Stevenson (1883)
"On farther examination, the dentiform process of the second vertebra was found
to have been displaced, ... The dentiform process had compressed the anterior ..."
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