dedentitionn.
/diːdɛnˈtɪʃən/ Physiology.
The shedding of the teeth; esp. of the first set.
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 216 In the first [Septenary] is Dedentition or falling of teeth. View more context for this quotation
1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) at Dentition The second dentition or shedding of the teeth, Dedentition, begins about the age of 6 or 7.
1882 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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