| bonding | <dentistry> The process of attaching brackets to your teeth using a special safe glue. (08 Jan 1998) |
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| bonding, human-pet | The emotional attachment of individuals to pets. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hydrogen bonding | A low-energy attractive force between hydrogen and another element. It plays a major role in determining the properties of water, proteins, and other compounds. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hydrophobic bonding | <chemistry> Interaction driven by the exclusion of nonpolar residues from water. It is an important determinant of protein conformation and of lipid structures and is considered to be a consequence of maximising polar interactions rather than a positive interaction between apolar residues. (18 Nov 1997) |
| dentin-bonding agents | Cements that act through infiltration and polymerization within the dentinal matrix and are used for dental restoration. They can be adhesive resins themselves, adhesion-promoting monomers, or polymerization initiators that act in concert with other agents to form a dentin-bonding system. (12 Dec 1998) |