| odontagra | Obsolescent term for toothache thought to be of gouty origin. Origin: odonto-+ G. Agra, seizure (05 Mar 2000) |
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| odontalgia | <medicine> Toothache. Origin: NL, fr. Gr., a tooth + pain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| odontalgia dentalis | Reflex pain in the ear due to dental disease, usually propagated along the auriculotemporal nerve. Origin: odont-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontalgic | Relating to or marked by toothache. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontalgy | <medicine> Same as Odontalgia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| odontectomy | Removal of teeth by the reflection of a mucoperiosteal flap and excision of bone from around the root or roots before the application of force to effect the tooth removal. Origin: odont-+ G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| odonterism | Chattering of the teeth. Origin: odont-+ G. Erismos, quarrel (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontiasis | Eruption or "cutting" of the teeth, especially of the deciduous teeth. Synonym: odontiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontinoid | 1. Resembling dentin. 2. A small excrescence from a tooth, most common on the root or neck. 3. Toothlike. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontitis | Inflammation of the dental pulp, usually due to bacterial infection in dental caries, tooth fracture, or other conditions causing exposure of the pulp to bacterial invasion. Chemical irritants, thermal factors, hyperaemic changes, and other factors may also cause pulpitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| odonto- | A tooth, teeth (properly used in words formed from G. Roots). Origin: G. Odous (odont-) (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontoameloblastoma | <tumour> A benign mixed odontogenic tumour comprised of an undifferentiated component histologically identical to an ameloblastoma and a well differentiated component identical to an odontoma; appears as a mixed radiolucent-radiopaque lesion and presents clinically as an ameloblastoma. Synonym: odontoameloblastoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontoblast | Columnar cells derived from the dental papilla after ameloblasts have differentiated and that give rise to the dentine matrix that underlies the enamel of a tooth. (18 Nov 1997) |
| odontoblastic layer | A layer of connective tissue cells at the periphery of the dental pulp of the tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontoblastic process | The extension of the odontoblast which lies within the dentinal tubule; application of stimuli to dentin may cause aspiration of odontoblast contents into the process. (05 Mar 2000) |