dentistry
English
/ˈdɛntɪstɹi/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.
- (uncountable) Operations performed on teeth and adjoining areas such as drilling, filling cavities and placing crowns and bridges.
- (countable) A dental surgery, an operation on the teeth.
- (countable) A place where dental operations are performed. Not as common as "dentist's office". Compare surgery.
Etymology
Suffix from English dentist.
Origin
English
dentist
Gloss
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Cognates and derived terms
- antidentite English
- dentist English
- dentistic English
- dentistical English
- dentistlike English
- nondentist English
- predentistry English
- teledentistry English
- dentiste French