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):

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Noun

odontalgia (countable and uncountable, plural odontalgias)

1. (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

From odonto- +‎ -algia.

Noun

odontalgia f (plural odontalgie)

1. toothache

Anagrams

• agitandolo, dantologia

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)

1. (medicine) toothache

   Synonyms: dolor de dientes, dolor de muelas

Related terms

• odontálgico

 

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], 2024 December 10