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odonto-
before a vowel odont-, combining form of Gr. ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- a tooth, in terms of Zoology, Dentistry, etc., as in oˈdontocete |-siːt| [Gr. κῆτος whale] a., of a cetacean: having teeth instead of whalebone, opposed to mysticete; n. a toothed cetacean; hence odontoˈcetous a. odontoˈgenic a., pertaining to the origin and development of teeth. odonˈtogeny [see -geny], the generation or origin and development of the teeth; embryology of dentition (Dunglison Med. Lex. 1853). odonˈtognathous a. Zool. [Gr. γνάθος jaw], having teeth or transverse ridges in the jaw, as helicoid Gasteropods. oˈdontolite [Gr. λίθος stone], a fossil tooth; with lapidaries, a fossil tooth or other bone coloured blue by mineral impregnation, occurring in tertiary strata. oˈdontolith [as prec.], tartar of the teeth. ‖ oˌdontoneˈcrosis, necrosis or death of a tooth or part of a tooth (C.A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol. 1867). oˌdontonoˈsology [nosology] (see quot. 1867). oˌdontorˈnithic a. [ornithic], belonging to an extinct section of birds with teeth (Odontornithes). odontoˈrhynchous a. Ornith. [Gr. ῥύγχος snout], having toothlike serrations in the bill, serrirostrate (as geese and ducks). odontoˈstomatous, odonˈtostomous a. [Gr. στοµα(τ-) mouth], having jaws which bite like teeth; mandibulate (as an insect); see also quot. 1892. odonˈtotrypy, Dentistry [Gr. τρῦπα hole, τρυπά-ειν to bore], the operation of perforating a tooth to draw off pus from an internal abscess (C. A. Harris 1867).
1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 393 The Mystacocetes have passed beyond the *Odontocetes in specialization.
1819Thomson in Ann. Philos. XIV. 416 *Odontolite Turquoise deserves to be treated as an object of zoognosy. 1868Dana Min. (ed. 5) 581 Most of the turquois (not artificial) used in jewelry..was bone-turquois (called also odontolite).
1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 83/1 The calculous matter which gathers round the teeth..called tartar or *odontoliths.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Odontonosologia,..*odontonosology. 1867C. A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol., Odontonosology, a treatise on the diseases of the teeth; also that branch of medicine which treats of the diseases of the teeth.
1874W. C. Williamson in Owen's Coll. Ess. vii. 202 Professor Marsh's new *odontornithic bird.
1892Syd. Soc. Lex., *Odontorrhynchous, having the mandibles dentated.
Ibid., *Odontostomatous, having a dentated mouth or opening, as the Bulimus odontostoma. |