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-