medicodental

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adjective

Relating to medicine and dentistry.

OriginEnglish dental ← Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta →
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Meanings

adjectivemedicodental (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to medicine and dentistry.

Origin

  1. Latinmedeor
  2. Latinmedicus
  3. Englishmedico-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  6. Proto-Italic*dents
  7. Latindēns
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Medieval Latindentālis
  11. Middle Frenchdenta
  12. Late Latindentālis
  13. Englishdental
  14. Englishmedicodental

From medico- + dental.

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APA

medicodental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicodental

MLA

“medicodental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicodental. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medicodental,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicodental.

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