1. Meta-terminology of Ameloblastoma
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R. Aravindhan, Ramadas Madhavan Nirmal, Seeni Renugadevi, Kenniyan Kumar Srichinthu, Thuckanickenpalayam Ragunathan Yoithapprabhunath, Shanmugam Mohanapriya, and Nalliappan Ganapathy
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lcsh:QD71-142 ,odontogenic tumor ,lcsh:Analytical chemistry ,Odontogenic tumor ,lcsh:RS1-441 ,Bioengineering ,030206 dentistry ,Review Article ,medicine.disease ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Linguistics ,Terminology ,Odontogenic ,lcsh:Pharmacy and materia medica ,Ameloblastoma ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,nomenclature ,030212 general & internal medicine ,General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics ,Nomenclature - Abstract
One of the primary tasks of systematic biology is the development of our biological nomenclature and classifications. The key purpose for the development of a standard nomenclature for a disease is the need for a common language for the statement of diagnostic terms and for a means or system whereby diagnosis could be suitably recorded without chaos. Odontogenic tumor nomenclature and classification have confused physicians over the years. Ameloblastoma is one such entity among odontogenic tumors, which has continuously changed to be an evolution of the terms and taxonomy used in literature. In this review, we aim to provide a fundamental basis for the understanding of how the etymology and the position of ameloblastoma in odontogenic tumor classification have evolved over the years.
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- 2019