cementum

English

Alternative forms

• cæmentum (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caementum. Doublet of cement.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntəm

Noun

cementum (uncountable)

1. (anatomy, dentistry) A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.
   • 2005, Herbert F. Wolf, Klaus H. Rateitschak, Periodontology, page 14:

     From a purely anatomic standpoint, root cementum is part of the tooth, but also part of the periodontium.

   • 2007, Ermanno Bonucci, Biological Calcification: Normal and Pathological Processes in the Early Stages‎^[1], page 245:

     Cementum is the least known calcified tissue in vertebrates (Bosshardt and Schroeder 1996) and several questions about cementogenesis have not yet been answered.

   • 2007, Pieter Johannes Slootweg, Dental Pathology: A Practical Introduction‎^[2], page 8:

     Whether epithelial cells from Hertwig's sheath contribute to initial cementum formation is controversial as has already been discussed in Chap. 1.

Derived terms

• cementogenesis

Translations

cementum

• Catalan: cement (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: hammassementti (fi)
• French: cément (fr) m
• Inuktitut: ᒪᓐᖑᖓᑕ ᖄᕈᕕᐊᖓ (manngongata qaarofianga)
• Polish: cement (pl) m, kostniwo n
• Portuguese: cemento m, cimento (pt) m
• Slovak: zubný cement