"dental calculus" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A hard crust of calcium salts and food particles on the teeth, developing from plaque. Categories (topical): Dental hygiene Synonyms: tartar Translations (crust on the teeth): lertzo (Basque), galho (Bikol Central), зъбен камък (zǎben kamǎk) (Bulgarian), carrall [masculine] (Catalan), niell [masculine] (Catalan), 齒垢 (Chinese Mandarin), 齿垢 (chǐgòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 牙石 (yáshí) (Chinese Mandarin), tandsten [common-gender] (Danish), tannsteinur [masculine] (Faroese), kivi (Finnish), hammaskivi (Finnish), tartre [masculine] (French), sarrio [masculine] (Galician), tártaro [masculine] (Galician), Zahnstein [masculine] (German), πλάκα (pláka) [feminine] (Greek), fogkő (Hungarian), tannsteinn [masculine] (Icelandic), tartaro [masculine] (Italian), tartaro dentario [masculine] (Italian), 歯石 (shiseki) (alt: しせき) (Japanese), 치석 (chiseok) (alt: 齒石) (Korean), zobakmens [masculine] (Latvian), забен каменец (zaben kamenec) [masculine] (Macedonian), забен камен (zaben kamen) [masculine] (Macedonian), karang gigi (Malay), awóchaan (Navajo), tannstein [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tannstein [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kamień nazębny [masculine] (Polish), tártaro [masculine] (Portuguese), tartru [neuter] (Romanian), piatră [feminine] (Romanian), зубно́й ка́мень (zubnój kámenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), зубно́й налёт (zubnój naljót) [masculine] (Russian), зубни каменац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zubni kamenac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zubný kameň (Slovak), sarro [masculine] (Spanish), tártaro [masculine] (Spanish), tandsten [common-gender] (Swedish), คราบหินปูน (krâap-hǐn-bpuun) (Thai), tartar (Turkish), diş taşı (Turkish), kefeki (Turkish), зубни́й ка́мінь (zubnýj káminʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "word": "zubný kameň"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sarro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tártaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tandsten"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krâap-hǐn-bpuun",
      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "word": "คราบหินปูน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "word": "tartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "word": "diş taşı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "word": "kefeki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zubnýj káminʹ",
      "sense": "crust on the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зубни́й ка́мінь"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dental calculus"
}

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