| shadow-casting | Deposition of a film of carbon or certain metals such as palladium, platinum, or chromium on a contoured microscopic object in order to allow the object to be seen in relief with the electron microscope or sometimes with the light microscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dental casting investment | <dentistry> Material from which the casting mold is made in the fabrication of gold or cobalt-chromium castings. (boucher's clinical dental terminology, 4th ed, p168) (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental casting technique | <dentistry> The process of producing a form or impression made of metal or plaster using a mold. (12 Dec 1998) |
| animal wax | Beeswax, spermaceti, and any wax derived from the animal kingdom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| baseplate wax | A hard pink wax used in dentistry for making occlusion rims. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bleached wax | Yellow wax bleached by being rolled very thin and exposed to the light and air, or bleached by chemical oxidants; same uses as yellow wax. Synonym: bleached wax, white beeswax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone wax | A mixture of antiseptic agents, oil, and wax used to stop bleeding by plugging bone cavities or haversian canals. Synonym: Horsley's bone wax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boxing wax | Wax used for boxing impressions. See: boxing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brazil wax | A wax obtained from the Brazilian wax palm, Copernica cerifera; used in pharmaceuticals to coat medicaments in sustained release preparations and surfaces of tablets; used in waxes for wood and metal. Synonym: Brazil wax, palm wax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carnauba wax | A wax obtained from the Brazilian wax palm, Copernica cerifera; used in pharmaceuticals to coat medicaments in sustained release preparations and surfaces of tablets; used in waxes for wood and metal. Synonym: Brazil wax, palm wax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palm wax | A wax obtained from the Brazilian wax palm, Copernica cerifera; used in pharmaceuticals to coat medicaments in sustained release preparations and surfaces of tablets; used in waxes for wood and metal. Synonym: Brazil wax, palm wax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vegetable wax | Palm wax or any wax derived from plants such as the bayberry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paraffin wax | A wax derived from petroleum. Synonym: mineral wax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grave wax | A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown colour, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration. Origin: L. Adeps, adipis, fat + cera wax: cf. F. Adipocere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Chinese wax | A vegetable wax, a wax secreted by a scale insect, Coccus ceriferus or C. Pela, and deposited in the twigs of a species of ash tree; used in China to make candles and also medicinally. (05 Mar 2000) |