odontogenesisn.
/ɒˌdɒntəˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, /əʊˌdɒntəˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /oʊˌdɑn(t)əˈdʒɛnəsəs/ Biology and Medicine.
The development of teeth.
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1892 Amer. Naturalist 26 621 Julius Laecker [read Taeker]..has just completed a most interesting series of studies upon Odontogenesis in the Ungulates.
1947 Science 27 June 666/1 In rats, therefore, it has not been possible to follow the alkaline phophatase in odontogenesis later than four days past birth.
1960 J. L. Bernier Tumors Odontogenic Apparatus & Jaws Introd. 9 The process of odontogenesis is normally duplicated 52 times during a protracted period of almost twenty-five years.
1983 Curr. Anthropol. 24 226/1 Odontogenesis may be subject to protein quality or placental insufficiency at certain critical periods of prenatal growth and development.
2000 Development 127 403 Research in odontogenesis has shown that the oral epithelium of the mandibular and maxillary primordia has unique instructive signaling properties required to direct odontogenesis.
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