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endodontics

[ en-doh-don-tiks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the branch of dentistry dealing with the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases of the dental pulp, usually by removal of the nerve and other tissue of the pulp cavity and its replacement with suitable filling material; pulp canal therapy; root canal therapy.


endodontics

/ ˌɛndəʊˈdɒntɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the branch of dentistry concerned with diseases of the dental pulp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌendoˈdontist, noun
  • ˌendoˈdontal, adjective
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Other Words From

  • endo·dontic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endodontics1

1945–50; < New Latin endodont ( ia ) in same sense ( end-, -odont, -ia ) + -ics
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endodontics1

C19: from New Latin endodontia, from endo- + Greek odōn tooth

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