| IBBBB | incomplete bilateral bundle branch block |
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| ICFA | incomplete Freund adjuvant; induced complement-fixing antigen |
| IFA | idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis; immunofluorescence assay; immunofluorescent antibody; incomplete Fr... |
| ILBBB | incomplete left bundle branch block |
| IMP | idiopathic myeloid proliferation; impression; incomplete male pseudohermaphroditism; individual Medi... |
| CMT-X | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease |
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| TSIF | Tooth Surface Index of Fluorosis |
| TP | tooth pulp |
| ankylosed tooth | <dentistry> Bony union of the radicular surface of a tooth to the surrounding alveolar bone in an area of previous partial root resorption. Extracapsular ankylosis, stiffness of a joint due to induration or heterotopic ossification of the surrounding tissues. Synonym: spurious ankylosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| apex of cusp of tooth | The tip of the peaklike projections from the crown of a tooth. Synonym: apex cuspidis dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical foramen of tooth | The opening at the apex of the root of a tooth that gives passage to the nerve and blood vessels. Synonym: foramen apicis dentis, apical dental foramen, root foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| baby tooth | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicuspid tooth | A tooth usually having two tubercles or cusps on the grinding surface and a flattened root, single in the lower jaw and upper second premolar, and furrowed in the upper first premolar. There are four premolars in each jaw, two on either side between the canine and the molars; there are no premolars in the deciduous dentition. Synonym: dens premolaris, bicuspid tooth, dens bicuspidus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buck tooth | An anterior tooth in labioversion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine tooth | <dentistry> A tooth having a crown of thick conical shape and a long, slightly flattened conical root; there are two canine teeth in each jaw, one on either side adjacent to the distal surface of the lateral incisors, in both the deciduous and the permanent dentition. Synonym: dens caninus, canine, cuspid tooth, cuspidate tooth, cuspid, dens angularis, dens cuspidatus, eye tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carnassial tooth | A tooth adapted to shear flesh; the last upper premolar or first lower molar tooth of certain carnivores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ghost tooth | A tooth with reduced radiodensity seen in regional odontodysplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular surface of tooth | The surface of a tooth that faces the buccal or labial mucosa of vestibule of the mouth; opposite to the lingual surface of tooth. Synonym: facies vestibularis dentis, facies facialis dentis, buccal surface, facial surface of tooth, facies buccalis, facies labialis, labial surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavity of tooth | The central hollow of a tooth consisting of the crown cavity and the root canal; it contains the fibrovascular dental pulp and is lined throughout by odontoblasts. Synonym: cavitas dentis, cavity of tooth, cavum dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vital tooth | A tooth with a living pulp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pegged tooth | A conical tooth whose sides converge from the cervical to the incisal region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervical margin of tooth | The slightly constricted part of a tooth, between the crown and the root. Synonym: cervix dentis, cervical margin of tooth, cervical zone of tooth, collum dentis, dental neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervical zone of tooth | The slightly constricted part of a tooth, between the crown and the root. Synonym: cervix dentis, cervical margin of tooth, cervical zone of tooth, collum dentis, dental neck. (05 Mar 2000) |