See Also: Cuticula(medicine)
cuticula(dictionary)
cuticula pili(medicine)
cuticula dentis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
metropolis(dictionary)
metropolis(dictionary)
metropolis(medicine)
Metropolis(tourism)
Metropolis flights(tourism)

cuticula dentis (medicine) and metropolis (medicine)


cuticula dentis (medicine)


cuticula dentis -->
enamel cuticle


The primary enamel cuticle, consisting of two extremely thin layers (the inner one clear and structureless, the outer one cellular), covering the entire crown of newly erupted teeth and subsequently abraded by mastication; it is evident microscopically as an amorphous material between the attachment epithelium and the tooth.

Synonym: cuticula dentis, adamantine membrane, dental cuticle, membrana adamantina, Nasmyth's cuticle, Nasmyth's membrane, skin of teeth.


metropolis (medicine)


metropolis


1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. "[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North." (Tennyson)

2. The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. "The great metropolis and see of Rome." (Shak)

Origin: L. Metropolis, Gr, prop, the mother city (in relation to colonies); mother + city. See Mother, and Police.

Source: Websters Dictionary