different between dental vs debridement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dent?lis, from d?ns (“a tooth”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?n.t?l/, /?d?n.tl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?n.tl?/, [?d?n.(?)??], [?d???.??]
• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Adjective

dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)

1. (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.

   Synonyms: toothly, teethly

2. (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
3. (phonetics) Made with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or the alveolar ridge.

Derived terms

Related terms

• dentist
• dentulous
• edentulous

Translations

Noun

dental (plural dentals)

1. (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.

   Synonym: prophy

2. (phonetics) A dental sound.

Translations

References

• “dental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “dental”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• lanted

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens. Equivalent to dent +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /d?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /den?tal/

Adjective

dental (masculine and feminine plural dentals)

1. dental

Derived terms

• interdental

Related terms

• dent

Further reading

• “dental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dental” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens. Equivalent to dent +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.tal/

Adjective

dental (feminine singular dentale, masculine plural dentaux, feminine plural dentales)

1. (linguistics) dental

Related terms

• dent
• dentaire

Further reading

• “dental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?n?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

1. dental

Declension

Interlingua

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

1. dental, of or pertaining to the teeth

Related terms

• dente

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Adjective

dental m (feminine singular dentala, masculine plural dentals, feminine plural dentalas)

1. dental

Related terms

• dent

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /d??ta?/

Adjective

dental m or f (plural dentais, comparable)

1. dental

Related terms

• dente

Further reading

• “dental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French dental.

Adjective

dental m or n (feminine singular dental?, masculine plural dentali, feminine and neuter plural dentale)

1. dental

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dènt?l m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. a dental

Declension

Synonyms

• z?bn?k

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /den?tal/, [d??n??t?al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

dental (plural dentales)

1. dental

Derived terms

Related terms

• diente

Further reading

• “dental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• débridement

Etymology

Borrowed from French débridement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?b?i?d?m??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??b?i?dm?nt/

Noun

debridement (plural debridements)

1. (medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
2. (dentistry) The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.