Skeletal tissue that is hypermineralized and aprismatic and deposited by a combination of ameloblasts and odontoblasts that are excluded from the matrix. Enameloid develops from pre-enameloid tissue. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 VSAO:0000113 PSPUB:0000170 ]
Synonyms: vitrodentine durodentine enameloid tissue bitypic enamel
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- odontoid tissue
- mineralized skeletal tissue
- part of some calcareous tooth
- develops from some pre-enameloid