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DENTAPHONE

\dˈɛntɐfˌə͡ʊn], \dˈɛntɐfˌə‍ʊn], \d_ˈɛ_n_t_ɐ_f_ˌəʊ_n]\

Definitions of DENTAPHONE

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Instrument placed between the teeth to promote sense of hearing.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

An audiphone by which sounds are rendered perceptible through the medium of the teeth.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An instrument devised for improving the hearing power of the deaf, by means of sound waves conducted through the teeth to the bones of the head, and through them to the labyrinth. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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