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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

치의학

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chihak

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dentistry/ˈdɛn.tɪ.stri/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 대학에서 치의학을 전공하고 있다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The professional care of teeth, including professional attention, operation, or treatment.

    "She is currently studying dentistry at the university."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the modern Latin 'dentistria', formed from 'dent-' (meaning tooth, from Proto-Indo-European *donto-) combined with the suffix '-ry' denoting a trade or practice. The term came into widespread usage in the 19th century as the medical specialty of oral health became formally professionalized.

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