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DENTIST

\dˈɛntɪst], \dˈɛntɪst], \d_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_s_t]\

Definitions of DENTIST

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Individuals licensed to practice dentistry.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

One who practices dental surgery, as filling and extracting teeth.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A dental surgeon; a practitioner who specializes in diseases of the teeth and adjacent parts.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

One who operates on the teeth.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

One who operates on the teeth.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A dental surgeon and artificer of false teeth.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Dentista, Odontiater, Dentarius, Dental Surgeon, Surgeon-Dentist, (F.) Dentiste, from dens, dentis, 'a tooth.' One who devotes himself to the study of the diseases of the teeth, and their treatment.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A dental surgeon.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A practitioner of dentistry. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] One who cleans, extracts, repairs, or fills natural teeth, an inserts artificial ones.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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