- Nasmyth membrane
- primary (enamel) cuticle.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Nasmyth membrane — Nas·myth membrane (nasґmith) [Alexander Nasmyth, Scottish dental surgeon in London, died 1847] primary (enamel) cuticle … Medical dictionary
Nasmyth's membrane — Na·smyth s membrane nā smiths n the thin cuticular remains of the enamel organ which surrounds the enamel of a tooth during its fetal development and for a brief period after birth Nasmyth Alexander (d 1848) British anatomist and dentist. Nasmyth … Medical dictionary
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
nasmyth's membrane — ˈnā]zˌmiths , ˈna], ]ˌsmiths noun Usage: usually capitalized N Etymology: after Alexander Nasmyth died 1848 Scottish anatomist and dentist : the thin cuticular remains of the enamel organ which surrounds the enamel of a tooth during its fetal… … Useful english dictionary
Nasmyth — Alexander, London dentist, 1789–1849. See N. cuticle, N. membrane … Medical dictionary
cuticle — 1. An outer thin layer, usually horny in nature. SYN: cuticula (1). 2. The layer, chitinous in some invertebrates, which occurs on the surface of epithelial cells. 3. SYN: epidermis. [L. cuticula, dim. of cutis, skin] acquired c … Medical dictionary
cuticula dentis — dental cuticle: a film occurring on some teeth on both the enamel and the cementum, external to the primary cuticle, with which it combines, being deposited by the epithelial attachment as it migrates along the tooth and separates from the crown… … Medical dictionary
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