microdontia

microdontia
n.
a condition in which the teeth are unusually small.

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mi·cro·don·tia (mi″kro-donґshə) [micro- + odont- + -ia] a developmental disorder characterized by abnormal smallness of the teeth; it may affect a single tooth or all of the teeth, or teeth of normal size may appear abnormally small in proportion to abnormally large jaws. Called also microdontism. microdontic adj

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