Enlargement of the teeth, or of one or more teeth, either (Medicine and Dentistry) as an individual abnormality, or (Physical Anthropology) as a characteristic of a particular hominid or human type.
Origin
1940s. From megadont + -ia. Compare earlier macrodontia, microdontia, and also megadontism.
Definition of megadontia in US English:
megadontia
nounˌmɛɡəˈdɒntɪə
Enlargement of the teeth, or of one or more teeth, either (Medicine and Dentistry) as an individual abnormality, or (Physical Anthropology) as a characteristic of a particular hominid or human type.
Origin
1940s. From megadont + -ia. Compare earlier macrodontia, microdontia, and also megadontism.