1.
[syn: endodontics, endodontia]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
endodontics \endodontics\ n.
1. the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the
dental pulp.
Syn: endodontia.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. the treatment of diseases of the dental pulp, especially
by completely removing the pulp and nerve inside a tooth
and its root, and replacing it with a filling material;
root canal therapy; pulp canal therapy.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
endodontics
n 1: the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental
pulp [syn: endodontics, endodontia]