stomatology

[ stoh-muh-tol-uh-jee, stom-uh- ]

noun

1. the science dealing with the mouth and its diseases.

stomatology

/ ˌstəʊməˈtɒlədʒɪ; ˌstəʊmətəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the branch of medicine or dentistry concerned with the structures, functions, and diseases of the mouth

Derived Forms

• stomatological, adjective

Other Words From

• sto·mat·o·log·ic [stoh-mat-l-, oj, -ik, stoh-m, uh, -tl-], sto·mato·logi·cal adjective
• stoma·tolo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stomatology¹

First recorded in 1890–95; stomato- + -logy

Example Sentences

Xu Wen, deputy director of the hospital's stomatology department, told state broadcaster CCTV.

From Salon

Xu Wen, deputy director of the hospital's stomatology department, told state broadcaster CCTV.

From Seattle Times

At Boston University School of Medicine he gives four formal lectures a year on stomatology.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the section on stomatology, which is concerned with diseases of the mouth and of the face, Dr. V. H. Kazanjian, Boston, described the conditions that are most frequently encountered and told how the nose may be reconstructed by both surgical and mechanical methods.

From Time Magazine Archive

The program of the Scientific Assembly presented an almost complete cross-section of present currents in scientific medicine, organized in 15 sections: practice of medicine; general and abdominal surgery; obstetrics and gynecology; ophthalmology; laryngology, otology, and rhinology; pediatrics; pharmacology and therapeutics; pathology and physiology; stomatology; nervous and mental diseases; dermatology and syphilogy; preventive and industrial medicine and public health; urology; orthopedic surgery; gastroenterology and proctology.

From Time Magazine Archive