odonto- 或 odont-
pref.(前缀)
语源
pref.(前缀)
- Tooth:
牙状物:
odontophore.
舌突起
语源
- Greek
希腊语 - from odous odont- [tooth] * see dent-
源自 odous odont- [牙齿] *参见 dent-
odonto- or (before a vowel) odont-
combining form
indicating a tooth or teeth
⇒
odontology
Origin
from Greek odōn toothodonto-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “tooth,” used in the formation of compound words:
odontology.
Also, especially before a vowel, odont-.
Compare -odont, -odus.
Origin
< Greek odont-, stem of odoús or odṓn tooth + -o-
Related Words
- odontocete
- odontoglossum
- denti-
- odontoblast
- odontogeny
- odontograph
odonto-a word element meaning 'tooth'.
Also, odont-. [Greek, combining form of odous]
odonto-
combining form
⇨ see odont-
combining form
⇨ see odont-
odonto-
combining form
- relating to a tooth or teeth表示“与牙有关的”, “与齿有关的”:
-
odontology
odontophore.
词源
from Greek odous, odont- 'tooth'.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 393The Mystacocetes have passed beyond the *Odontocetes in specialization.
1819 Thomson in Ann. Philos. XIV. 416*Odontolite Turquoise deserves to be treated as an object of zoognosy.
1868 Dana Min. (ed. 5) 581Most of the turquois (not artificial) used in jewelry..was bone-turquois (called also odontolite).
1847–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 83/1The calculous matter which gathers round the teeth..called tartar or *odontoliths.
1857 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,Odontonosologia,..*odontonosology.
1867 C. 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.
1874 W. C. Williamson in Owen'sColl. Ess. vii. 202Professor Marsh's new *odontornithic bird.
1892 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,*Odontorrhynchous, having the mandibles dentated.
Ibid. ,*Odontostomatous, having a dentated mouth or opening, as the Bulimus odontostoma.
ORIGIN: from Greek odont- , odous tooth: see -o- .
odonto-
combining form. tooth; teeth: Odontology = the scientific study of the teeth. Also, odont- before vowels.
[< Greek odoús, odóntos tooth]
odonto-
combining form
see odont-
see odont-
odonto-
Prefix
- tooth
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with odonto-