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81spoon excavator — noun A curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft carious decay in dentistry …
82Osteomyelitis — Inflammation of the bone due to infection, for example by the bacteria salmonella or staphylococcus. Osteomyelitis is sometimes a complication of surgery or injury, although infection can also reach bone tissue through the bloodstream. Both the… …
83concrescence — 1. SYN: coalescence. 2. In dentistry, the union of the roots of two adjacent teeth by cementum. [see concrement] * * * con·cres·cence kən kres ən(t)s, kän n a growing together: COALESCENCE …
84detritus — Any broken down material, carious or gangrenous matter, gravel, etc. [L. (see detrition)] * * * de·tri·tus di trīt əs n, pl de·tri·tus trīt əs, trī .tüs loose material resulting from disintegration (as of tissue) * * * de· …
85discoid — 1. Resembling a disk. 2. In dentistry, an excavating or carving instrument having a circular blade with a cutting edge around the periphery. [disco + G. eidos, appearance] * * * dis·coid dis .kȯid adj 1) resembling a disk: being flat and… …
86excavator — 1. An instrument like a large sharp spoon or scoop, used in scraping out pathologic tissue. 2. In dentistry, an instrument, generally a small spoon or curette, for cleaning out and shaping a …
87form — Shape; mold. [L. forma] accolé forms (ak ola′) SYN: appliqué forms. appliqué forms (ap li ka′) a term applied to the manner in which the ring stage of Plasmodium falciparum parasitizes the marginal portion of erythrocytes. SYN: accolé forms. arch …
88gold foil — Pure gold rolled into extremely thin sheets; used in the restoration of carious or fractured teeth. SEE ALSO: cohesive gold, noncohesive gold. * * * pure gold beaten and/or rolled into thin sheets, used as a direct filling material in dental… …
89index — 1. [NA] SYN: i. finger. 2. A guide, standard, indicator, symbol, or number denoting the relation in respect to size, capacity, or function, of one part or thing to another. SEE ALSO: quotient, r …
90method — The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure. SEE ALSO: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique. [G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way] Abell Kendall m. a …
