English dictionary · noun

orthodontics

the treatment of irregularities in the teeth and jaws

Meaning and definitions

1. the treatment of irregularities in the teeth and jaws

Connected roots

• odont-

  tooth

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• 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.

• megalodon

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

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