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acupuncture |
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| a method of producing analgesia or altering the function of a system of the body by inserting fine, wire-thin needles into the skin at specific sites on the body along a series of lines or channels called meridians. The needles may be twirled, energized electrically, or warmed. Acupuncture originated in the Far East and has gained increasing attention in the West since the early 1970s. |
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adamantin |
adamantine |
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| 1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains. 2. Like the diamond in hardness or luster. Origin: L. Adamantinus, Gr. |
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adamantinome, ~ à croissance illimitée, ~ kystique, odontome embryoplasique, améloblastome à croissance illimitée, fibro-épithéliome adamantin, épithélioma adamantin |
adamantinoma |
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adamantoblaste |
adamantoblast (ameloblast) |
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adamantogénèse |
adamantogenesis |
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adamantogénèse, amélogénèse |
amelogenesis |
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| the process during which tooth enamel is formed. |
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Adams (crochet d') |
clasp, Adam's |
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| a retention clasp designed by C. Philip Adams to stabilize removable appliances by engaging the mesiobuccal and distobuccal surfaces of buccal teeth; a formed wire clasp of modified arrowhead design using the buccomesial and distoproximal undercuts of a tooth for retention. |
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Adams-Stokes (maladie d') |
Stokes-Adams attack |
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adaptable |
adaptable |
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adaptation |
adaptation |
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| 1. an alteration that an organ or organism undergoes to adjust to its environment. 2. a close approximation of a tissue flap, an appliance, or a restorative material to natural tissue. 3. an accurate adjustment of a band or a shell to a tooth. 4. a condition in reflex activity marked by a decline in the frequency of impulses when sensory stimuli are repeated several times. |
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adapter |
fit |
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| an adaptation of any dental restoration. An adaptation of a denture to its basal seat, a clasp to a tooth, an inlay to a cavity preparation |
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Addison (maladie d') |
disease, Addison's |
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| chronic adrenocortical insufficiency caused by bilateral tuberculosis, aplasia, atrophy, or degeneration of the adrenal glands. Symptoms include severe weakness, weight loss, low blood pressure, digestive disturbances, hypoglycemia, lowered resistance to infection, and abnormal pigmentation (bronze color of the skin, with associated melanotic pigmentation of the oral mucous membranes, particularly of the gingival tissues). |
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Addison-Biermer (maladie d') |
disease, Addison-Biermer |
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addisonien |
disease, Addison, sick of |
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adducteur |
adductor |
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adduction |
adduction |
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| the process of bringing two objects toward each other; the opposite of abduction. |
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adénectomie |
adenectomy |
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adénine |
adenine |
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| a component of the nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, and a constituent of cyclic AMP and the adenosine portion of AMP, ADP, and ATP. |
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adénite |
adenitis |
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| an inflammation of glandular tissue, often accompanied by pain. |
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adénoaméloblastome |
adenoameloblastoma |
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| an epithelial neoplasm with a basic structure resembling enamel organs and glandular (adenomatous) tissue. It is generally benign. |
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