denture
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noun
(usually
dentures
)
a
removable
plate
or
frame
holding one or more
artificial
teeth
:
〖~s〗 (総)入れ歯, 義歯(
false teeth
)
e.g.
ideally, dentures should be renewed every three or four years
e.g.
as modifier
: denture plates are manufactured from plastic acrylic resin.
ORIGIN
late
19th century
: from
French
, from
dent
‘
tooth
’, from
Latin
dens
,
dent-
.