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odontalgia

[ oh-don-tal-juh, -jee-uh ]

noun

, Dentistry.
  1. pain in a tooth; toothache.


odontalgia

/ ˌɒdɒnˈtældʒɪə /

noun

  1. a technical name for toothache
“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

  • ˌodonˈtalgic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • odon·talgic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of odontalgia1

First recorded in 1645–55; odont- + -algia
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Example Sentences

Some other diseases are erroneously called rheumatic, as hemicrania, and odontalgia.

Conjunctivitis, rhinitis, odontalgia, may occasion grimaces and contortions which cease with the disappearance of the irritation.

Dentes debiles, cariosi ab odontalgia hæreditaria in juventute.

Hence odontalgia is found to belong to the order of decreased irritation.

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