单词 | odontography |
释义 | odontographyn. Now rare or historical. The scientific description or study of teeth; odontology; a treatise dealing with this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > study of body > study of other parts > [noun] > of teeth odontology1813 odontography1840 1840 R. Owen (title) Odontography; or, a treatise on the comparative anatomy of the teeth. 1841 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 131 135 These modifications of form and structure, I leave to be fully elucidated by the accomplished palæontologist (Mr. Owen), whose labours in Odontography are so deservedly appreciated. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Dec. 3/2 Minute anatomy, odontography, and many cognate branches, all fell under his [sc. Owen's] observation in turn. 1925 Science 12 June 603/1 The really important phase of dinosaurian dietetics must therefore be the comparative odontography measured in terms of present day life and food. 1949 P. O. Pedersen (title) The East Greenland Eskimo dentition: a contribution to comparative ethnic odontography. 1996 19th-cent. Lit. 50 508 Its range was staggering: from Ehrenberg on the microscopic structure of fossil infusoria, to Schwann on the microscopic structure of cells, to Owen on odontography. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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