odontalgia

Alternative forms

• odontalgy (archaic)

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀδονταλγία (odontalgía, “toothache”); synchronically, odonto- +‎ -algia.

Noun

odontalgia (countable and uncountable, plural odontalgias)

1. (medicine) toothache
   • 1886, Pierre Cazeaux, The Theory and Practice of Obstetrics v. 2, p. 507.

     Odontalgia is the most common of all the neuralgias of pregnant women.

Etymology

From odonto- +‎ -algia

Noun

odontalgia f (plural odontalgie)

1. toothache

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀδονταλγία (odontalgía, “toothache”), from ὀδών (odṓn), ὀδόντος (odontos, “tooth”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /odonˈtalxja/, [oðõn̪ˈt̪alxja]

Noun

odontalgia f (plural odontalgias)

1. (medicine) toothache

   Synonyms: dolor de dientes, dolor de muelas

Further reading

• “odontalgia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.