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Noun: dentist  den-tist
  1. A person qualified to practice dentistry
    "the dentist gave her a local anaesthetic prior to the extraction"
    - tooth doctor, dental practitioner

Derived forms: dentists

Type of: medical man, medical practitioner

Encyclopedia: Dentist

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