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Webster 1913 Edition


Dentiphone

Den′ti-phone

(dĕn′tĭ-fōn)
,
Noun.
[L.
dens
,
dentis
, tooth + Gr.
φωνή
sound.]
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
Knight.

Definition 2024


dentiphone

dentiphone

English

Noun

dentiphone (plural dentiphones)

  1. (dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
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