| plugging instrument | A dental instrument used for condensing gold (foil), amalgam, or any plastic material in a cavity, and which is operated by hand or by mechanical means. Synonym: packer, plugging instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| radiofrequency plugging | <radiobiology> Use of axial ponderomotive force to plug an open-ended device. First demonstrated on RFC-XX, Institute of Plasma Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, and later demonstrated in the Phaedrus device at the University of Wisconsin. (09 Oct 1997) |
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