odontalgia

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀδονταλγία (odontalgía, toothache). By surface analysis, odonto- +‎ -algia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌəʊdɒnˈtæld͡ʒə/
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Noun[edit]

odontalgia (countable and uncountable, plural odontalgias)

  1. (medicine) toothache
    • 1886, Pierre Cazeaux, The Theory and Practice of Obstetrics v. 2[1], page 507:
      Odontalgia is the most common of all the neuralgias of pregnant women.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From odonto- +‎ -algia.

Noun[edit]

odontalgia f (plural odontalgie)

  1. toothache

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin odontalgia, from Ancient Greek ὀδονταλγία (odontalgía, toothache), from ὀδών (odṓn, tooth) (genitive singular ὀδόντος (odóntos)) + ἄλγος (álgos, pain).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /odonˈtalxja/ [o.ð̞õn̪ˈt̪al.xja]
  • Rhymes: -alxja
  • Syllabification: o‧don‧tal‧gia

Noun[edit]

odontalgia f (plural odontalgias)

  1. (medicine) toothache
    Synonyms: dolor de dientes, dolor de muelas

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