- osteodentin
- Rapidly formed tertiary dentin that contains entrapped odontoblasts and few dentinal tubules, thereby superficially resembling bone. [osteo- + L. dens, tooth]
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os·teo·den·tin .äs-tē-ō-'dent-ən n a modified dentin approaching true bone in structure* * *
os·teo·den·tin (os″te-o-denґtin) [osteo- + dentin] dentin that resembles bone: seen in the teeth of certain fish and pathologically in other species, in which it is produced by rapid formation of secondary dentin, with entrapment of cells.
Medical dictionary. 2011.