-odontia
suff.（后缀）
suff.（后缀）
- The form of, condition of, or manner of treating the teeth:
牙齿的形状、情况或治疗方式：
orthodontia.
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-odontia
noun combining form
orthodontia
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek odont-, odous
: form, condition, or mode of treatment of the teethorthodontia
-o·don·tia
I.\əˈdänch(ē)ə, ōˈd-\ noun combining form
(plural -odontia)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek odont-, odōn tooth
: animal or animals having teeth of a (specified) nature — in taxonomic names in zoology
< Anomodontia >
< Aplodontia >
< Dicynodontia >
II.noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin, from odont- + -ia
: form, condition, or mode of treatment of the teeth
< macrodontia >
< saprodontia >
< orthodontia >
— compare -odont
I.
< Anomodontia >
< Aplodontia >
< Dicynodontia >
II.
< macrodontia >
< saprodontia >
< orthodontia >
— compare -odont
-odontia
Suffix
- dentistry and medicine:
- forms nouns branch of dentistry
- forms nouns condition of the teeth
Etymology
Formed from the suffixation of ὀδόντ- (odónt-), the stem of the Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), with the English -ia; compare the Latin odontia and the French -odontie.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -odontia