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megodontia

UK/ˌmɛɡəˈdɒntɪə/

megodontia is the rare form of megalodontia.

Meaning of megalodontia

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

Origin of megodontia

From meg- + -odontia.

Questions about megodontia

What is megodontia the rare form of?
Megodontia is the rare form of megalodontia.
How do you pronounce megodontia?
Megodontia is pronounced /ˌmɛɡəˈdɒntɪə/ (UK).

Words near megodontia in the dictionary

  1. megmho
  2. megmhos
  3. Megna
  4. Megnas
  5. mego
  6. megodontia
  7. megohm
  8. megohmmeter
  9. megohmmeters
  10. megohms
  11. megophryid

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