fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
| tooth | a means of enforcement, the treaty had no teeth in it |
tooth shell
tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
bleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta | gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening, of the Caribbean area |
| tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell |
| false teeth | a removable denture |
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
houndstooth check
hound's-tooth check
dogstooth check
dogs-tooth check
dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
| mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
| tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal |
| tooth | one of a number of uniform projections on a gear |
tooth powder
toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
dentition
teeth | the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal |
| tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates, used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense |
| carnassial tooth | the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore, having sharp edges for cutting flesh |
tooth socket
alveolus | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth |
front tooth
anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth, his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors |
back tooth
posterior | a tooth situated at the back of the mouth |
| malposed tooth | a tooth that has grown in a faulty position |
permanent tooth
adult tooth | any of the teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age |
primary tooth
deciduous tooth
baby tooth
milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
canine
canine tooth
eyetooth
eye tooth
dogtooth
cuspid | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars |
| wisdom tooth | any of the last teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw, the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages and ) |
root
tooth root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
enamel
tooth enamel | hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth |
| anterior cerebral artery | one of two branches of the internal carotid artery, divides into two branches that serve () the thalamus and () parts of the frontal and parietal cortex |
| anterior meningeal artery | branch of the anterior ethmoidal artery that supplies meninges in the anterior cranial fossa |
anterior temporal artery
arteria temporalis anterior | temporal artery that goes to the anterior part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe |
anterior vertebral vein
vena vertebralis anterior | a vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral vein |
| anterior cardinal vein | a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body |
anterior cerebral vein
vena cerebri anterior | accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and empties into the basal vein |
anterior facial vein
vena facialis anterior | a continuation of the angular vein, unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein |
| anterior jugular vein | arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face, joins the external jugular vein |
venae labiales anteriores
anterior labial veins | veins from the labia majora to the external pudendal vein |
ventral root
ventral horn
anterior root
anterior horn | one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers |
anterior pituitary
anterior pituitary gland
adenohypophysis | the anterior lobe of the pituitary body, primarily glandular in nature |
pars distilis
pars anterior | the anterior part of the anterior pituitary |
| anterior fontanelle | corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified |
anterior serratus muscle
serratus anterior
musculus serratus anterior
serratus magnus | muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage |
femoral nerve
nervus femoralis
anterior crural nerve | one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh |
tibialis anticus
tibialis anterior | a muscle running from the tibia to the first metatarsal and cuneiform bones |
nostril
anterior naris | either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose |
| sweet tooth | a strong appetite for sweet food |
| tooth fairy | a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out |
dentist
tooth doctor
dental practitioner | a person qualified to practice dentistry |
dogtooth violet
dogtooth
dog's-tooth violet | perennial woodland spring-flowering plant, widely cultivated |
white dogtooth violet
white dog's-tooth violet
blonde lilian
Erythronium albidum | North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors |
Canadian aspen
bigtooth aspen
bigtoothed aspen
big-toothed aspen
large-toothed aspen
large tooth aspen
Populus grandidentata | aspen with a narrow crown, eastern North America |
| tooth fungus | a fungus of the family Hydnaceae |
cavity
caries
dental caries
tooth decay | soft decayed area in a tooth, progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth |