orthodonture

Questions about orthodonture

What does orthodonture mean?

orthodonture means "the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth".

How many syllables are in orthodonture?

orthodonture has 4 syllables and divides as or-tho-don-ture under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for orthodonture?

Close synonyms include orthodontics, orthodontia, dental orthopedics, dental orthopaedics. 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 orthodonture a common word?

orthodonture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.