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Periodontology

[per-ee-oh-don-tol-uh-jee]

per·i·o·don·tol·o·gy

[per-ee-oh-don-tol-uh-jee]

Origin:
1910–15; periodont(ia) + -o- + -logy
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Periodontology has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
given to using long words.
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