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enameloplasty

noun
/ɛˈnæməloʊˌplæsti/

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, using New Latin combining forms, from enamel + -o- + -plasty.

  1. derived from *smeltaną✻ — “to melt, smelt”
  2. derived from *smalt✻
  3. derived from smaltum
  4. derived from esmailler — “to enamel”
  5. derived from enamailler
  6. inherited from enamel
  7. formed as enameloplasty — “enamel + -o- + -plasty”

Definitions

  1. Grinding away of the enamel of a tooth, usually for minor reshaping of teeth for cosmesis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for enameloplasty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA