anodontia

English

WOTD – 20 March 2024

Etymology

A person with anodontia, in this case the congenital absence of some teeth.

From an- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, without’) +‎ -odontia (suffix forming nouns denoting the condition of teeth).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æn.ə(ʊ)ˈdɒn.tɪ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.əˈdɑn.ʃi.ə/, /ˌæn.əˈdɑn.ʃə/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: an‧od‧ont‧ia

Noun

anodontia (countable and uncountable, plural anodontias)

1. (dentistry, teratology) The congenital absence of some or all primary or permanent teeth, caused by a rare genetic disorder.

Hyponyms

• hypodontia
• oligodontia

Coordinate terms

• edentulism
• hyperdontia
• toothlessness

Derived terms

• pseudoanodontia

Related terms

• anodontine
• orthodontia

Translations

congenital absence of teeth

• Arabic: انعدام الأسنان ?
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先天性無齒症／先天性无齿症 (xiāntiānxìngwúchǐzhèng)

• Dutch: anodontie ?
• Finnish: anodontia, synnynnäinen hampaattomuus
• French: anodontie (fr) f
• Greek: ανοδοντία (el) f (anodontía)
• Hindi: अनोडॉनशिया ? (anoḍŏnśiyā)
• Hungarian: anodontia
• Italian: anodontia f
• Japanese: 欠損歯 (けっそんし, kesson shi)
• Kazakh: адентия (adentiä)
• Lithuanian: adentija ?
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: anodoncja f, bezzębie n, bezzębność (pl) f
• Portuguese: anodontia f
• Punjabi: ਐਨੋਡੌਂਸ਼ੀਆ (ainoḍaũśīā)
• Romanian: anodonție ?
• Spanish: anodoncia f
• Tajik: адентия (adentiya)
• Uzbek: adentiya
• Vietnamese: thiếu răng bẩm sinh

Further reading

• anodontia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.no.dõˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.no.dõˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.no.dõˈt͡ʃi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nu.dõˈti.ɐ/ [ɐ.nu.ðõˈti.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧no‧don‧ti‧a

Noun

anodontia f (uncountable)

1. (teratology) anodontia (congenital absence of teeth)