dentistry

Other forms of dentistry

plural

dentistries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dentistry

What does dentistry mean?

dentistry means "the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth".

How many syllables are in dentistry?

dentistry has 3 syllables: den-ti-stry. The stress falls on "den". In IPA it is /ˈdɛntɪstɹi/.

What is another word for dentistry?

Close synonyms include dental medicine, odontology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dentistry a common word?

dentistry is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.