different between dentist vs operatory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dentiste.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?nt?st/

Noun

dentist (plural dentists)

1. A medical doctor who specializes in dentistry.

Related terms

• antidentite
• dental
• denture

Translations

See also

• orthodontics
• toothpuller

Anagrams

• distent, stinted

Dutch

Etymology

From French dentiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?n?t?st/
• Hyphenation: den?tist

Noun

dentist m (plural dentisten, diminutive dentistje n, feminine dentiste)

1. dentist

Synonyms

• tandarts

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dentiste, German Dentist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /den?tist/

Noun

dentist m (plural denti?ti, feminine equivalent dentist?)

1. dentist

Declension

Synonyms

• stomatolog, odontoiatru

Derived terms

• dentistic?

Related terms

• dinte

References

• dentist in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

Originally from Medieval Latin oper?t?rium, from a participle of Late Latin operor. The modern senses may be derived independently of the obsolete senses.

Adjective

operatory (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) effective; practical; operative [16th–17th c.]
2. Of or relating to operations.

Noun

operatory (plural operatories)

1. (obsolete) A laboratory. [16th–17th c.]
2. (medicine) A room in which a dentist (or assistant) performs tasks away from the patient. [from 20th c.]

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Operatory”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 146, column 1.

Anagrams

• aerotropy