| rattlesnake bite | A venomous (poisonous) snake bite. All rattlesnakes are venomous and secrete poisonous venom. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| rest bite | A misnomer for physiologic rest position of the mandible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| close bite | A small distance between the maxillary and mandibular arches. Synonym: close bite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| closed bite | <dentistry> A malocclusion where your upper teeth cover your lower teeth when you bite down. This is also called a deep bite. (08 Jan 1998) |
| wax bite | <dentistry> A procedure to measure how well your teeth come together. You bite a sheet of wax and leave bitemark in the wax. The orthodontist looks at the bitemarks to see how well your teeth are aligned. (08 Jan 1998) |
| working bite | working contacts |
| normal bite | That arrangement of teeth and their supporting structure which is usually found in health and which approaches an ideal or standard arrangement. Synonym: normal bite. Synonym: neutral occlusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep bite | <dentistry> Excessive overbite, closed bite. (08 Jan 1998) |
| open bite | <dentistry> A malocclusion in which the teeth do not close or come together in the front of your mouth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| edge-to-edge bite | An occlusion in which the anterior teeth of both jaws meet along their incisal edges when the teeth are in centric occlusion. Synonym: edge-to-edge bite, end-to-end bite, end-to-end occlusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-to-end bite | An occlusion in which the anterior teeth of both jaws meet along their incisal edges when the teeth are in centric occlusion. Synonym: edge-to-edge bite, end-to-end bite, end-to-end occlusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jumping the bite | An orthodontic technique for correcting a crossbite, usually anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| locked bite | An occlusion in which the cusp arrangement restricts lateral excursions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorption fever | An elevation of temperature often occurring, without other untoward symptoms, shortly after childbirth, assumed to be due to absorption of uterine discharges through abrasions of the vaginal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acclimating fever | Elevated temperature with malaise that occurs upon working in a very hot environment. (05 Mar 2000) |