Ancient Greek word root · Body & Health

odont-: tooth

odont- is an Ancient Greek root meaning “tooth”. Learn its variants and explore 4 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: tooth

Root forms: odont-, -odon

Source word: ὀδούς — tooth; tusk

Word family and examples

• mastodon

  Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.

• orthodontic

  Of, or relating to the dental speciality of orthodontics.

• orthodontics

  the treatment of irregularities in the teeth and jaws

• megalodon

  A species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Otodus megalodon).

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