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hypercementosis

noun/ˌhaɪpəˌsiːmenˈtəʊsɪs/

C2CEFR level
98/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Excessive deposition of cementum on the tooth root, often complicating extraction.

Hypercementosis had fused the root to the surrounding bone, making forceps extraction impossible.

Topic: Dentistry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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