tooth-pulpn. the soft cellular tissue around which the hard parts of a tooth are developed, and which fills the cavity of the fully formed tooth.
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1854 R. OwenStruct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 265 The primary basis of the tooth, called ‘tooth-pulp’.