| dent | 1. <prefix> Relating to the teeth or dentition, dental. See: odonto-. Origin: L. Dens, tooth 2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. "A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter." (De Quincey) Origin: A variant of Dint. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000) |
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| floss | 1. <botany> The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk. Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; called also linen floss, and floss yarn. Origin: It. Floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. Fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See Flux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| floss silk | dental floss |
| bucket-handle incision | A bilateral subcostal abdominal incision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bucket-handle tear | A tear in the central part of a semilunar cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| test handle instrument | A root canal instrument the handle of which is similar to a collet chuck and which can be secured in position on the root canal instrument to adjust its effective length. (05 Mar 2000) |