Stomatology
/ˌstoʊ.məˈtɑː.lə.dʒi/noun
The branch of medicine concerned with the mouth and its diseases.
Did you know?Stomatology is built from Greek roots that also gave us words like stomach and stoma, showing how ancient language turned the body into a map of specialized knowledge.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
στόμα (stóma)
“mouth, opening, or entrance”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-λογία (-logía)
“study, account, discourse”
Late Latin / Scientific Latin
Latin
stomatologia
“study of the mouth”
19th Century
English
stomatology
“medical study of the mouth and oral cavity”
Modern English
English
stomatology
“branch of medicine dealing with the mouth and its diseases”
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