| 单词 |
odontology |
| 释义 |
odontology|ɒdɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. odonto- + Gr. -λογία discourse: see -ology. Cf. F. odontologie (1771 in Dict. Trévoux).]
That branch of the science of anatomy which treats of the structure or development of the teeth.
1819Pantologia (title of Article), Odontology. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Odontology, the branch of anatomical science which treats of the teeth. 1911Chambers's Jrnl. June 375/1 The British Medical Association has recently founded a Section of Odontology. 1966G. Gustafson (title) Forensic odontology. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XI. 814/1 Other specialties on which the courts frequently require expert opinion include forensic odontology.
So odontoˈlogic, odontological |əʊˌdɒntəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl| adjs., of, pertaining to, or treating of the teeth, or of odontology; odontoˈlogically adv.; odonˈtologist, one versed in the subject of the teeth or in odontology.
1788V. Knox Winter Even. I. ii. 24 It would not be surprising to see a barber style himself..Odontologist. 1856S. Cartwright in Trans. Odontological Soc. Gt. Brit. I, The necessity of a union [amongst Dentists] has given rise to the formation of the Odontological Society. |
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