a. [f. L. edentulus toothless, f. ē out + dent-em tooth + -OUS.] Having no teeth, toothless.
1782. Monro, Compar. Anat., 110. The chin and nose of edentulous people are much nearer.
1784. Phil. Trans., LXXIV. 281. Fishes … [are] apparently utter strangers to edentulous old age.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 367/1. The jaws [of echidna] are edentulous.
1859. J. Tomes, Dental Surg., 39. Instances … in which the jaws have been entirely edentulous.
