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Meanings of wisdom teeth in English

Russian
зубы мудрости
Portuguese
dente queiro
Spanish
dens serotinus
Catalan
queixals del seny
Wikidata

Vestigial tooth that erupts during adulthood.

зубы мудрости
Synonyms
Examples for "wisdom tooth"
Examples for "wisdom tooth"
1
Combined, clavicular fusion and wisdom tooth eruption are good indicators of adulthood.
Break No Bones
2
The month before that, Fat had had an impacted wisdom tooth removed.
Valis
3
The tooth stopped aching at once; it was a wisdom tooth.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04
4
Was it enough to take care of that wisdom tooth you needed yanked?
Choke
5
Since when has a wisdom tooth made anyone mad?
A warrior's life: a biography of paulo coelho
1
Materials and methods: The hPDL cells were obtained from a healthy maxillary third molar.
Pubmed
2
Though small, as is common, the third molar is well formed and fully erupted.
Bones Are Forever
3
It's quite unusual to see one in a third molar.
Bones Are Forever
4
Each third molar present was scored by two observers according to a 10-stage developmental scale.
Pubmed
5
A case of mandibular angle fracture during third molar extraction in a 37-year-old female is reported.
Pubmed
Usage of wisdom teeth in English
1
There are no wisdom teeth, and the second molars show minimal wear.
Bones to Ashes
2
Grown-ups expand the assemblage to thirty-two by adding premolars and wisdom teeth.
206 Bones
3
She has had experience of Joe Boxer, when her wisdom teeth came in.
Under the dome: a novel
4
Well, here's something in English to cut your wisdom teeth on.
A Poor Wise Man
5
The wisdom teeth, which appear later, cannot be shown at this stage.-AfterGray.
A Handbook of Health
6
We'll discuss the matter later, when you've cut your wisdom teeth.
The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
7
She ain't hardly got her wisdom teeth cut, in love affairs!
Homespun Tales
8
A few days ago, one of my wisdom teeth shattered.
The Guardian
9
Crystal had had a couple of impacted wisdom teeth taken out the month before.
Every patient tells a story: medical mysteries and the art of di...
10
It was absurd; when my wisdom teeth grew in, it didn't hurt at all!
Nightlight
11
It had wisdom teeth and molars, too old for Casey.
Solomon's oak: a novel
12
Donahue started up the wall just five days after surgery to remove his wisdom teeth.
Climbing Magazine
13
That is right; you will want it when you come to cut your wisdom teeth.
For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
14
If ever he began to cut his wisdom teeth, it's time he was about it.
The Brentons
15
She was having her impacted upper wisdom teeth extracted via small incisions in her face.
Reuters
16
It don't make any difference that he hasn't cut his wisdom teeth, as they say.
Round Anvil Rock: A Romance