dentistry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity. uncountable,usually
    — Some provision should be made for the truly suffering poor, and also for our present students of dentistry to learn something about dental surgery before commencing a profession which has almost become a science.
  2. Operations performed on teeth and adjoining areas such as drilling, filling cavities, and placing crowns and bridges. uncountable,usually
    — POOR Australians are resorting to do-it-yourself dentistry, including filing their own teeth and attempting their own extractions, because of lengthy queues for public dental services.
  3. A dental surgery, an operation on the teeth. countable,usually
    — Dr. Landsberg, of Posen, states that when children's teeth are put in order by means of school dentistries, anaemia, one of the most frequent school diseases, will be greatly diminished.
  4. A place where dental operations are performed. countable,uncommon,usually
    — They are very fond of sweet things; and the ladies especially crowd the “candystores,” which are not less numerous than the dentistries—with which business they are intimately connected.

词形变化

dentistries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
animal dentistry cosmetic dentistry predentistry teledentistry

词源

Etymology tree
French dent
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istabor.
French -iste
French dentistebor.
English dentist
Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye
English -ry
English dentistry
From dentist + -ry.
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