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odontic, a. and n.|əʊˈdɒntɪk|
[ad. Gr. ὀδοντικός fit for the teeth, f. ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth: see -ic.]
a. adj. Of or belonging to the teeth.
b. n. in pl. (a) Medicaments or remedies for the teeth (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1892); (b) Matters relating to the teeth.
1657Physical Dict., Odentick, belonging to the teeth. 1854Badham Halieut. 303 Aristotle..says of his belone, that it is ‘smooth’ and ‘toothless’, which statement, as regards the odontics of the gar-fish, is the reverse of fact. |