| bar clip attachments | Fixed bar joints or rigid bar units used for splinting abutments with removable sleeves or clips within the partial denture for supporting and/or retaining the prosthesis. Synonym: bar clip attachments. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| clip | <abbreviation> Corticotropin-like intermediate-lobe peptide. A fastener used to hold a part or thing together with another. Wound clip, a metal clasp or device for surgical approximation of skin incisions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clip forceps | A small forceps with spring catch to hold a bleeding vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adanson, Michel | <person> French naturalist, 1727-1806. See: adansonian classification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pachon, Michel | <person> French physiologist, 1867-1938. See: Pachon's method, Pachon's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Michel Levy scale of retardation colours | <microscopy> Colour chart plotting thickness of the anisotropic specimen, its birefringence (n1-n2) and its retardation in nanometres. Any one of the three variables can be determined if the other two are known. (05 Aug 1998) |
| Weinberg, Michel | <person> French pathologist, 1868-1940. See: Weinberg's reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |