| mottled | Marked with spots of different colours; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." Origin: From Motley. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mottled enamel | Alterations in enamel structure due to excessive fluoride ingestion during tooth formation; varies in appearance from small white opacities to yellow and black spotting. Nanoid enamel, a condition of abnormal thinness of the enamel. Synonym: dwarfed enamel. Whorled enamel, enamel in which the rods assume a spiral or twisting course. (05 Mar 2000) |