| scientific integrity review | Designation for reports by the united states office of research integrity, identifying questionable research published in articles or books. Notification of the questionable data is carried in the nih guide for grants and contracts. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| neurovascular integrity | A term that refers to the functioning of both neurological (movement and sensation) and vascular (arterial blood flow) structures. An important examination when confronted with an injured extremity. (27 Sep 1997) |
| integrity | 1. Quality of being honest and morally upright, 2. Condition of being whole or undivided (a nation's integrity, the integrity of the patient). (18 Nov 1997) |
| united states office of research integrity | An office of the united states public health service organised in june 1992 to promote research integrity and investigate misconduct in research supported by the public health service. It consolidates the office of scientific integrity of the national institutes of health and the office of scientific integrity review in the office of the assistant secretary for health. The ori is in the office of the assistant secretary for health and its director reports directly to the assistant secretary for health, department of health and human services. (ri newsletter, 1993 jan; 1(1):1) (12 Dec 1998) |
| amalgam | <dentistry> A soft metal which results from an alloy of a metal with mercury. Commonly used as a silver-tin or copper alloy in dentistry for fillings. (08 Jan 1998) |
| amalgam carrier | An instrument used to transport triturated amalgam to a cavity preparation and to deposit it therein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amalgam matrix | A device used during placement of the amalgam mass within a compound cavity preparation, facilitating proper condensation and contour thereof by providing a confining wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amalgam strip | A linen strip without abrasive used to smooth proximal contours of newly placed amalgam restorations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amalgam tattoo | A bluish-black or gray macular lesion of the oral mucous membrane caused by accidental implantation of silver amalgam into the tissue during tooth restoration or extraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pin amalgam | An amalgam restoration held in place largely by small metal rods protruding from holes drilled into tooth structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spherical amalgam | An alloy for dental amalgam composed of spherical particles instead of filings. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental amalgam | <chemical, dentistry> An alloy used in restorative dentistry that contains mercury, silver, tin, copper, and possibly zinc. Chemical name: Dental materials and fillings, amalgams (12 Dec 1998) |
| marginal | Occurring at or very close to the margin. (09 Oct 1997) |
| marginal adaptation | <dentistry> The degree of proximity and interlocking of filling material to the wall of the cavity of a tooth. The term has come to be used synonymously with adaptation at the cavosurface margin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| marginal artery of colon | Artery formed by anastomoses between the right and left colic artery's; it passes downward from the left colic flexure to the aboral end of the pelvic colon. Synonym: artery of Drummond, Riolan's arc. (05 Mar 2000) |