| bending fracture | <orthopaedics, radiology> An injury in which a long bone or bones, usually the radius and ulna, are bent due to multiple microfractures, none of which can be seen by X-ray imaging. (14 Aug 2000) |
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| mathieu plier | <dentistry> A special plier which locks when it closes so it holds on to small parts. (08 Jan 1998) |
| restriction enzyme cutting site | <molecular biology> A specific nucleotide sequence of DNA at which a particular restriction enzyme cuts the DNA. Some sites occur frequently in DNA (for example, every several hundred basepairs), others much less frequently (rare-cutter, for example, every 10,000 base pairs). (10 Mar 1998) |
| rhizome cutting | <botany> Part of a thick rhizome, which may take root and form a new plant. (23 Aug 1998) |
| root cutting | <botany> Part of a root of a woody plant which, under suitable conditions, takes root and forms a new plant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cutting | <botany> Portion of a stem, root, or leaf cut from the parent plant for the production of a new independent plant by inducing it to form shoots and roots under favorable environmental conditions (for example, stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, leaf-bud cuttings, and root cuttings). (09 Oct 1997) |
| cutting edge | The beveled, knifelike, sharpened working angle of a dental hand instrument. Synonym: incisal edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutting forceps | A forceps with sharp blades. Synonym: cutting forceps. Origin: G. Labis, pincers, + tome, an incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutting needle | A surgical needle with angulated surface designed to puncture tough tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutting teeth | The maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| selection cutting | The periodic removal at short intervals of the oldest and largest trees in the stand, individually or in small groups. (05 Dec 1998) |
| diamond cutting instruments | In dentistry, cylinders, disks, and other cutting instrument's to which numerous small diamond pyramids have been attached by a plating of metal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-cutting bur | A bur with blades only on its end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| academies and institutes | Organizations representing specialised fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., national academy of sciences, brookings institution, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |