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-odontia

Syllables: -o·dont·iaUK/əˈdɒntɪə/US/əˈdɑnʃə/

-odontia suffix: branch of dentistry.

Suffix

-odontia

  1. branch of dentistry
  2. condition of the teeth

Origin of -odontia

Formed from the suffixation of ὀδόντ- (odónt-), the stem of the Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), with the English suffix -ia; compare the Latin -odontia and the French -odontie.

Questions about -odontia

What does -odontia mean?
-odontia means branch of dentistry.
What part of speech is -odontia?
-odontia is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -odontia?
-odontia is pronounced /əˈdɒntɪə/ (UK).

Words near -odontia in the dictionary

  1. -ocracy
  2. -ocratic
  3. -odd
  4. -ode
  5. -odont
  6. -odontia
  7. -odynia
  8. -oecious
  9. -oes
  10. -off
  11. -offs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -odontia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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