| ADAP | American Dental Assistant's Program; Assistant Director of Army Psychiatry |
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| ADHA | American Dental Hygienists Association |
| ADS | acute death syndrome; acute diarrheal syndrome; Alcohol Dependence Scale; alternative delivery syste... |
| ADT | Accepted Dental Therapeutics; adenosine triphosphate; admission, discharge, transfer; agar-gel diffu... |
| ADTA | American Dental Trade Association |
| infection calculus | A calculus associated with infection and/or obstruction, usually composed of struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate). Synonym: infection calculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intestinal calculus | A concretion in the bowel, either a coprolith or an enterolith. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxalate calculus | A hard urinary calculus of calcium oxalate; some are covered with minute sharp spines that can abrade the renal pelvic epithelium, whereas others are smooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillar calculus | A calcareous concretion in a distended tonsillar crypt. Synonym: tonsillar calculus, tonsillith. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| encysted calculus | A urinary calculus enclosed in a sac developed from the wall of the bladder. Synonym: pocketed calculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jackstone bladder calculus | <radiology> Spiculated calculus in urinary bladder, calcium oxalate monohydrate (12 Dec 1998) |
| urethral calculus | A stone impacted in urethra. May have formed proximally and gotten stuck there or may have formed in urethra; uncommon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrin calculus | A urinary calculus formed largely from fibrinogen in blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urinary calculus | A calculus in the kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra. Synonym: urolith. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uterine calculus | A calcified myoma of the uterus. Synonym: hysterolith, uterolith. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimal calculus | A concretion in the lacrimal apparatus. Synonym: lacrimal calculus, ophthalmolith, tear stone. Origin: dacryo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid etching, dental | Pretreatment of tooth surfaces with etching agents, usually phosphoric acid, to increase the adhesion of various resin systems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| american dental association | Professional society representing the field of dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior superior dental arteries | Origin, infraorbital artery within intraorbital canal; distribution, via anterior alveolar canals to upper incisors and canine teeth, mucus membrane of maxillary sinus. Synonym: arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores, anterior superior dental arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical dental foramen | 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) |