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.

Origin of endodontics

1
1945–50; <New Latin endodont(ia) in same sense (see end-, -odont, -ia) + -ics
  • Also en·do·don·tia [en-doh-don-shuh, -shee-uh], /ˌɛn doʊˈdɒn ʃə, -ʃi ə/, en·do·don·tol·o·gy [en-doh-don-tol-uh-jee]. /ˌɛn doʊ dɒnˈtɒl ə dʒi/.

Other words from endodontics

  • en·do·don·tic, adjective

Words Nearby endodontics

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British Dictionary definitions for endodontics

endodontics

/ (ˌɛndəʊˈdɒntɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of dentistry concerned with diseases of the dental pulp

Origin of endodontics

1
C19: from New Latin endodontia, from endo- + Greek odōn tooth

Derived forms of endodontics

  • endodontal or endodontic, adjective
  • endodontist, noun

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