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.
| 1819 Pantologia (title of Article), Odontology. 1842 Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Odontology, the branch of anatomical science which treats of the teeth. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. June 375/1 The British Medical Association has recently founded a Section of Odontology. 1966 G. Gustafson (title) Forensic odontology. 1974 Encycl. 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.
| 1788 V. Knox Winter Even. I. ii. 24 It would not be surprising to see a barber style himself..Odontologist. 1856 S. 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. |