tooth root

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Noun

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tooth root - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as supportrootanatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defensecementum, cement - a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth