Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The medical study of the mouth and its diseases.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sum of scientific knowledge concerning the mouth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Scientific study or knowledge of the mouth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine the study of the
mouth and its disorders and diseases.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Medicine -- and when we speak about medicine we always include stomatology, that is, we include all of it within the line of the health of the nation -- medicine, we know, has changed greatly.
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Since my immediate concern was with chewing rather than digesting I had rejected ‘stomatology’ at first sight.
Teeth 2006
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The clinic provides good quality stomatology services for children, youths, and adults.
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There is also something there that is very interesting and very encouraging: The school is attended not only by medical and stomatology students, but also by students who are seeking a bachelor's degree in pharmacy -- a new career created by the revolution.
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This year approximately 5,700 new students will register in the schools of medicine and stomatology.
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Of those, more than 21,000 are in medicine, 2,000 are in stomatology and 1,600 are in the nursing bachelors degree program.
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There was one school of stomatology; now there are four.
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We have a higher institute of medical sciences, with two schools of medicine and one of stomatology.
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Today, about 5,000 medical and stomatology students are entering medical school.
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Adjustments to the current study plan in the schools of medicine and stomatology have been incorporated, among them those referring to a greater bond between the student and patient, such as the practice of familiarization and modifications to the internship.
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