| misc | miscarriage; miscellaneous |
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| LP | Link protein |
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| cross-link | A covalent linkage between two polymers or between two different regions of the same polymer. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| link | To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple. "All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication." (Eustace) Origin: Linked; Linking. 1. A single ring or division of a chain. 2. Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." . "The link of brotherhood, by which One common Maker bound me to the kind." (Cowper) "And so by double links enchained themselves in lover's life." (Gascoigne) 3. Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair. 4. <physics> Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc, by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained. 5. <medicine> The slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion. 6. The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain. 7. <chemistry> A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction. 8. Sausages; because linked together. Origin: OE. Linke, AS. Hlence; akin to Sw. Lank ring of a chain, Dan. Laenke chain, Icel. Hlekkr; cf. G. Gelenk joint, link, ring of a chain, lenken to bend. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| precision | 1. The quality of being sharply defined or stated; one measure of precision is the number of distinguishable alternatives to a measurement. 2. In statistics, the inverse of the variance of a measurement or estimate. 3. Reproducibility of a quantifiable result; an indication of the random error. (05 Mar 2000) |
| precision attachment | A frictional or mechanically retained unit used in fixed or removable prosthodontics, consisting of closely fitting male and female parts, an attachment that may be rigid in function or may incorporate a movable stress control unit to reduce the torque on the abutment. Synonym: frictional attachment, internal attachment, key attachment, keyway attachment, parallel attachment, slotted attachment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| precision rest | A rest consisting of closely interlocking parts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| denture precision attachment | A precision device used for attaching a fixed or removable partial denture to the crown of an abutment tooth or a restoration. One type is the intracoronal attachment and the other type is the extracoronal attachment. It consists of a female portion within the coronal portion of the crown of an abutment and a fitted male portion attached to the denture proper. (12 Dec 1998) |
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