odontalgia
English
Alternative forms
- odontalgy (archaic)
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀδονταλγία (odontalgía, “toothache”). By surface analysis, odonto- + -algia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌəʊdɒnˈtæld͡ʒə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
odontalgia (countable and uncountable, plural odontalgias)
- (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
Etymology
Noun
odontalgia f (plural odontalgie)
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin odontalgia, from Ancient Greek ὀδονταλγία (odontalgía, “toothache”), from ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”) (genitive singular ὀδόντος (odóntos)) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /odonˈtalxja/ [o.ð̞õn̪ˈt̪al.xja]
- Rhymes: -alxja
- Syllabification: o‧don‧tal‧gia
Noun
odontalgia f (plural odontalgias)
Related terms
Further reading
- “odontalgia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024