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Definition of Exodontia

1. Noun. The branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth.

Definition of Exodontia

1. Noun. the extraction of teeth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exodontia

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Medical Definition of Exodontia

1. The branch of dental practice concerned with the extraction of teeth. Origin: exo-+ G. Odous, tooth (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exodontia

Literary usage of Exodontia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Block anesthesia and allied subjects: With Special Chapters on the Maxillary by Arthur Ervin Smith (1920)
"X represents area of injection. below BLOCKING THE LOWER CUSPID FOR exodontia OR SURGERY If the cuspid tooth is to be extracted or the lingual tissues are ..."

2. Oral anaesthesia ; local anaesthesia in the oral cavity by Kurt Hermann Thoma (1914)
"exodontia Many general practitioners gave up extracting on account of the disturbances which often accompany the administration of a general anaesthetic. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"Hubbard, Myth in Marriage. Cole, Cyclopaedia of Dry Goods. Carpenter, Love's Coming of Age. Nc-.v Condensed Cyclop., Keilly & Brillen. Winter, exodontia. ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"Chairman of Section on Oral Surgery, exodontia and Anesthesia, National Dental Association, 1919. 932 pages, 7x10, with 595 illustrations, mostly original. ..."

5. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"... and conforms to the accepted terminology of orthodontia, periodontia, and exodontia. It includes far more than the mechanical procedure of radiography, ..."

6. American Medicine (1921)
"By Arthur E. Smith, Oral Surgeon to Frances Willard Hospital and to House of Good Shepherd, Chicago; Chairman Section on Oral Surgery, exodontia and ..."

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