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tooth, deciduous (medicine)


tooth, deciduous


The 20 teeth of the first dentition, which are shed and replaced by the permanent teeth, usually by the age of six years. All deciduous teeth are normally expected to erupt by the age of two and a half years.


Stilwell, Joseph W(arren) (sh)




born March 19, 1883, Palatka, Fla., U.S.
died Oct. 12, 1946, San Francisco, Calif.

U.S. army officer.

He graduated from West Point and served in World War I. He studied Chinese and served in Tianjin (1926-29) and as a military attache in Beijing (1935-39). At the outbreak of World War II, he became chief of staff to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and commanded Chinese armies in Burma (1939-42). He became commander of U.S. forces in China, Burma, and India and oversaw construction of the Ledo, or Stilwell, Road, a strategic military link with the Burma Road. Promoted to General (1944), he commanded the U.S. 10th Army in the Pacific (1945-46).