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e⋅nam⋅el

  [i-nam-uhl] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–noun
1. a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
2. enamelware.
3. any of various varnishes, paints, coatings, etc., drying to a hard, glossy finish.
4. any enamellike surface with a bright luster.
5. an artistic work executed in enamel.
6. Dentistry. the hard, glossy, calcareous covering of the crown of a tooth, containing only a slight amount of organic substance.
–verb (used with object)
7. to inlay or overlay with enamel.
8. to form an enamellike surface upon: to enamel cardboard.
9. to decorate as with enamel; variegate with colors.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME enamelen < AF enameler, enamailler, equiv. to en- en- 1 + -amaler, deriv. of asmal, esmal enamel, OF esmail (-al taken as the suffix -ail) < Old Low Franconian *smalt- something melted, c. G Schmalz fat; akin to smelt 1 ; cf. smalto

Related forms:
e⋅nam⋅el⋅er; especially British, e⋅nam⋅el⋅ler, noun
e⋅nam⋅el⋅ist; especially British, e⋅nam⋅el⋅list, noun
e⋅nam⋅el⋅work, noun
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: enam·el
Pronunciation: in-'am-&l
Function: noun
: the intensely hard calcareous substance that forms a thin layer partly covering theteeth of many vertebrates including humans, is the hardest substance of the animal body, and consists of minute prisms secreted by ameloblasts, arranged at right angles to the surface, and boundtogether by a cement substance —compare CEMENTUM, DENTIN
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enamel e·nam·el (ĭ-nām'əl)
n.
The hard, calcareous substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth.

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enamel   (ĭ-nām'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
The hard, translucent substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth in mammals. Enamel is the hardest substance in the body, and consists mostly of calcium salts.
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