Dictionary

dens en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /dɛnz/

Etymology

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Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of den
   form of den

dens en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /dɛnz/

Etymology

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Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of den.
   form of den

dens en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /dɛnz/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). Doublet of dent and tooth.

Meanings

1. A toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates.

Forms

Deriveds

crowned dens syndrome

Relateds

dens invaginatus

Synonyms

odontoid process

Translations (1)

cmn 齒突 /齿突 (toothlike process)