odonto-, odont-, odon-, -odont, -odonic, -odontic, -odontia, -odontoid

(Greek: tooth, teeth)


isodontic
labyinthodont
labyrinthodont
1. A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body.
2. Etymology: literally "labyrinth-toothed".

It is from the order Labyrinthodonta which is also known as Mastodonsaurus.

leptodontous
The existence of very slender teeth.
leukodont
leukodontia
lophodont
loxodont
Having molar teeth with shallow depressions between the ridges.
loxodonta
loxolophodont
Having crests on the molar teeth that connect three of the tubercles (rounded projecting parts or outgrowths) and with the fourth or posterior inner tubercle being rudimentary or absent.
macrodont
1. Having large teeth.
2. Characterized by macrodontia, as with a macrodont animal.
macrodontia
1. A condition of having abnormally large teeth.
2. A developmental disorder characterized by increase in the size of the teeth; it may affect a single tooth or all of the teeth, or teeth of normal size may appear to be abnormally large in proportion to abnormally small jaws.
macrodontism
mastodon
1. A large extinct mammal that resembled an elephant, with shaggy hair and two sets of tusks; Genus Mastodon.
2. Etymology: from Modern Latin, the genus name Mastodon (1806), coined by Georges Cuvier from Greek mastos, "breast" + odont-, "tooth"; so called because of the nipple-like projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's fossil molars.
mastodontic
Referring to, or resembling, a mastodon; such as, mastodontic dimensions.

Related "tooth, teeth" word units: bruxo-; dento-.


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