dentiphone
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Noun edit
dentiphone (plural dentiphones)
- (dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
References edit
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Dentiphone”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
- “dentiphone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.