Enamel

(en-am’ -el) [ME., enamaile, enamel]. The vitreous substance of the crown of the tooth. E. -column, E. -fiber, E.- prism, E.-rod, any one of the minute sixsided prisms of which the enamel of a tooth is composed. E. -organ, the ectodermic epithelial cap or proce from which the enamel of a tooth is developed. 259