repr. Gr. στοματο-, combining form of στοματ-, στόμα mouth (see STOMA): occurring in modern scientific terms, chiefly zoological. ǁ Stomatodendron (pl. -dendra) [Gr. δένδρον tree], each of the dendritic branches bearing minute polyps in the family Rhizostomidæ of hydrozoans. Stomatogastric a. [GASTRIC], pertaining to or connected with the mouth and stomach; applied to a system of visceral nerves in invertebrates. Stomatognath [Gr. γνάθος jaw], a generic term for the hard structures or ‘teeth’ in the stomodæum of various classes of animals, as mollusks, crustaceans, annelids, rotifers, etc. Stomatology [-LOGY], the scientific study of the mouth; hence Stomatological a., relating to stomatology; Stomatologist, one versed in stomatology. Stomatomorphous a. Bot. [Gr. μορφή form], mouth-shaped. Stomatoplasty [-PLASTY], plastic surgery of the mouth (or of the os uteri); hence Stomatoplastic a., pertaining to stomatoplasty. Stomatoporoid a. [f. mod.L. Stomatopora (f. Gr. πόρος pore) + -OID], resembling or characteristic of a coral of the fossil genus Stomatopora. Stomatoscope [-SCOPE], an instrument for examining the interior of the mouth. See also STOMATOPOD.
1859. Huxley, Oceanic Hydrozoa, 18. In the Rhizostomidæ, a complex, tree-like mass, whose branches, the *stomatodendra, end in, and are covered with, minute polypites … is suspended from the middle of the umbrella.
1848. Carpenter, Anim. Phys., 342. Other small ganglia and nerves, connected with … mastication and digestion … are called *stomato-gastric.
1895. D. Sharp, Insects, I. 120. Stomato-gastric nerves of Cockroach.
1900. W. B. Benham, in Proc. Zool. Soc., 982, note. I would suggest … *‘stomatognath’ as a convenient term by which to refer to the various chitinous, or calcified, or siliceous ‘teeth’ or ‘jaws’ occurring as specialized thickenings of the lining of the stomodæum.
1913. Times, 13 Aug., 3/3. At the final session of the Stomatological Section the subject of dental disease as a cause of pain in remote parts of the body was discussed.
1913. Publ. Opinion, 15 Aug., 166/2. The *stomatologists of the Medical Congress held a meeting in the Dental Hospital.
1895. Westm. Gaz., 22 June, 8/1. The Science of *Stomatology.
1866. Treas. Bot., 1101/2. *Stomatomorphous, mouth-shaped.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., *Stomatoplastic, *Stomatoplasty.
1860. R. Fowler, Med. Vocab., Stomatoplasty, the operation for remedying a contracted aperture of the mouth.
1880. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 27 March, 483/2. Stomatoplasty.—Dr. Mapother described a case of contracted mouth and nostrils from cicatrices after lupus.
1889. E. A. Walford, in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc., XLV. III. 566. The interweaving of the *Stomatoporoid branches gives rise to another phase of growth, Tubuliporoid.
1855. Dunglison, Med. Lex., *Stomatoscope.
1866. Sci. Rev., July, 62/3. The Stomatoscope … promises to be very useful in dental surgery,… It consists of a spiral wire of platinum … enclosed in a box-wood cup, and … brought to a red heat by the current … from a small galvanic battery; and a small mirror which reflects the light.
