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school of dentistry

school of dentistry

3.2
A school where students learn to care for people's teeth and mouths and earn a degree
  • noun
  • /skuːl əv ˈdɛn.tɪ.stri/
translation icon : escuela de odontología
  • THE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY'S ACROSS THE STREET, FELLAS.

Examples

  • I registered in summer school, took four more courses to complete my degree, worked in the new anthropology library, and attended to animals in a special research program at the school of dentistry several hours a week.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • In our school of dentistry, the DDS program and seven.

    Blog text (33)

  • She decided to attend the school of dentistry to become a qualified dentist.

  • After completing her degree at the school of dentistry, she opened her own practice.

  • The school of dentistry offers extensive training in both dental medicine and surgery.

Synonyms

dental school
vsschool of dentistry
8 3.2

A college where students study to become dentists

focuses on graduate-level training and awards professional degrees in the field

Surface Forms

school of dentistry singular
schools of dentistry plural

Morphology

school + of + dentistry

The meaning 'a school where students are trained in dentistry' is directly derived from combining 'school' (an educational institution) with 'dentistry' (the medical specialty for teeth). The 'school of X' construction is a transparent, cross-linguistically common nominal composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can reliably infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

School of dentistry comes from the words school meaning a place for learning and dentistry meaning care of teeth. Picture a building with dental chairs where students practice on patients, so it means 'a school where dentists are trained'.