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Noun: permanent tooth  pur-mu-nunt tooth
  1. Any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age
    "He lost his last permanent tooth in his seventies";
    - adult tooth

Derived forms: permanent teeth

Type of: chopper [informal], tooth

Encyclopedia: Permanent tooth