Definition of odontology
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: a science dealing with the teeth, their structure and development, and their diseases
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Origin and Etymology of odontology
French odontologie, from odont- + -logie -logy
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First Known Use: 1813
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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plural odontologies
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: a science dealing with the teeth, their structure and development, and their diseases
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