| working distance free | <microscopy> The distance between the front lens of the objective and the coverslip (or uncovered object) when the lens is focused on the specimen. (05 Aug 1998) |
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| women, working | Women who are engaged in gainful activities usually outside the home. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| working bite | working contacts |
| working occlusal surfaces | The surface's of teeth upon which mastication can occur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working occlusion | working contacts |
| working out | In psychoanalysis, the state in the treatment process in which the patient's personal history and psychodynamics are uncovered. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working side | In dentistry, the lateral segment of a dentition toward which the mandible is moved during occlusal function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working side condyle | In dentistry, the mandibular condyle on the side toward which the mandible moves in a lateral excursion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working through | In psychoanalysis, the process of obtaining additional insight and personality changes in a patient through repeated and varied examination of a conflict or problem; the interactions between free association, resistance, interpretation, and working out constitute the fundamental facets of this process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jaw-working reflex | <syndrome> An increase in the width of the eye lids during chewing, sometimes with a rhythmic elevation of the upper lid when the mouth is open and ptosis when the mouth is closed. Synonym: Gunn phenomenon, Gunn's syndrome, jaw-winking phenomenon, jaw-working reflex, Marcus Gunn phenomenon, Marcus Gunn syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| map distance | The degree of separation of two loci on a linkage map, measured in morgans or centimorgans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genetic distance | <molecular biology> A way of measuring the amount of evolutionary divergence in two separated populations of a species by counting the number of allelic substitutions per locus that have cropped up in each population. (09 Oct 1997) |
| reduced interarch distance | An occluding vertical dimension which results in an excessive interocclusal distance when the mandible is in rest position, and in a reduced interridge distance when the teeth are in contact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pupillary distance | The distance between the centre of each pupil; the major reference points in measuring for fitting of spectacle frames and lenses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperfocal distance | <microscopy> The nearest distance, h, at which a camera lens focuses the far distance (infinity). This gives the maximum depth of field, the nearest distance in focus is h/2. (05 Aug 1998) |
| small interarch distance | A small distance between the maxillary and mandibular arches. Synonym: close bite. (05 Mar 2000) |