| chip | A small fragment resulting from breakage, cutting, or avulsion. Bone chips, small pieces of cancellous bone generally used to fill in bony defects and to promote reossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chip graft | A graft utilizing small pieces of cartilage or bone which is packed into a bone defect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chip syringe | A tapered metal tube through which air is forced from a rubber bulb or pressure tank to blow debris from, or to dry, a cavity in preparing teeth for restoration. Synonym: air syringe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chip-blower | An instrument for blowing the debris out of, or drying, a tooth cavity that is being excavated for a filling; it consists of a rubber bulb with a metal nozzle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chipper | A machine that produces wood chips by knife action. (05 Dec 1998) |
| chips | Woody material cut into short, thin wafers. Chips are used as a raw material for pulping and fibreboard or as biomass fuel. (05 Dec 1998) |