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tooth enamel [2 records]

Record 1 2024-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Makeup and Costumes
DEF

A material used for painting the teeth.

OBS

It is available in white, cream, nicotine, yellow, black, gold and silver from theatrical make-up shops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maquillage et costumes

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Mouth
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A hard, thin, translucent layer of calcified substance that envelops and protects the dentin of the crown of the tooth ...

OBS

... it is the hardest substance in the body and is almost entirely composed of calcium salts.

OBS

enamel; enamelum: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
  • Cavité buccale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Couche externe dure qui recouvre la dent et la protège.

OBS

émail : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

enamelum : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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