单词 | odontologies |
释义 | odont- /o-dont-/ or odonto- /-don-tə-, -tō- or -to-/combining formDenoting tooth ORIGIN: Gr odous, odontos a tooth odontalgia /-alˈji-ə/ or odontalˈgy /-alˈji/ noun (Gr algos pain) toothache odontalˈgic adjective odonˈtic adjective Dental odontˈist noun (facetious) A dentist odontˈoblast noun (Gr blastos a shoot) a dentine-forming cell odonˈtocete /-sēt/ noun (Gr kētos whale) a toothed whale (also adjective) odontogenic /-jenˈik/ adjective odontogeny /-ojˈi-ni/ noun The origin and development of teeth odontoglossˈum noun (Gr glōssa tongue) a plant of the genus Odontoglossum, of tropical American orchids odontˈograph noun An instrument for obtaining approximate curves for gear-teeth odontogˈraphy noun A description or history of teeth odontˈoid adjective Toothlike (odontoid peg or process a projection from the second vertebra of the neck) odontˈolite noun (Gr lithos stone) bone-turquoise or occidental turquoise, a fossil bone or tooth coloured blue with phosphate of iron odontologˈic or odontologˈical adjective odontolˈogist noun odontolˈogy noun The science of the teeth odontōˈma noun (pl odontōˈmas or odontōˈmata) A tumour arising in connection with the teeth odontōˈmatous adjective Relating to an odontoma odontophoˈbia noun (psychology) Fear of teeth odontophoral /-tofˈə-rəl/ or odontophˈoran adjective (Gr -phoros bearing) odonˈtophore /-tə-fōr or -för/ noun The rasping apparatus in molluscs, ie the radula, its support, or the whole apparatus odontophˈorous adjective Odontophˈorus noun A genus of American quails odontornithes /-ör-nīˈthēz or -örˈni-thēz/ plural noun (Gr ornis, ornīthos bird) fossil birds with teeth (not a natural class) odontostomˈatous adjective (Gr stoma, -atos mouth) having biting or toothed jaws |
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