Wednesday, March 25, 2009

This particularly tickled my fancy this morning.

edentulous (\ee-DEN-chuh-luss\)

adjective


Meaning

: having no teeth : toothless



Example Sentence


Thanks to improvements in public health and dental care in the 20th century, far fewer Americans are edentulous when they enter their golden years.

1 comment:

Debbi said...

thus the word "denture":))) Who makes this stuff up anyway?ha.ha.