Word.ws English Dictionary

megalodontia

UK/ˌmɛɡələʊˈdɒntɪə/

megalodontia noun: the condition of having proportionately oversized teeth for the jaw in which they are set.

Noun

megalodontia (uncountable)

  1. The condition of having proportionately oversized teeth for the jaw in which they are set.
    • Doubtless resulting from continued blending and random mating is the striking example of megalodontia (teeth too large for the jaw) or vice versa — wide spaces occurring between most of the teeth indicating too spacious a jaw for the teeth.1943, Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Journal of Medicine (Academy Journal Pub. Co.), volume 24, page 247

megalodontia meaning in Tamil

megalodontia in Tamil

மிகைவளர்ச்சிப் பல்

Forms of megalodontia

alternative formmegodontia

Origin of megalodontia

From megal- + -odontia.

Questions about megalodontia

What does megalodontia mean?
Megalodontia means the condition of having proportionately oversized teeth for the jaw in which they are set.
What is megalodontia in Tamil?
Megalodontia in Tamil is மிகைவளர்ச்சிப் பல். See Megalodontia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is megalodontia?
Megalodontia is a noun.
How do you pronounce megalodontia?
Megalodontia is pronounced /ˌmɛɡələʊˈdɒntɪə/ (UK).

Words near megalodontia in the dictionary

  1. megalodiscs
  2. megalodon
  3. megalodons
  4. megalodontesid
  5. megalodontesids
  6. megalodontia
  7. megalodontid
  8. megalodontids
  9. megaloencephaly
  10. megalograph
  11. megalographic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: megalodontia (page history and authors); megalodontia (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “megalodontia.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/megalodontia. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.