odontalgia

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

noun

, Dentistry.

1. pain in a tooth; toothache.

odontalgia

/ ˌɒdɒnˈtældʒɪə /

noun

1. a technical name for toothache

Derived Forms

• ˌodonˈtalgic, adjective

Other Words From

• odon·talgic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of odontalgia¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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Here am I stung and tortured with gastritis, hepatitis, splenitis, nephritis, epistaxis, odontalgia, cardialgia, diarhoea, and a whole legion of devils with Latin names!

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

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