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die — In dentistry, the positive reproduction of the form of a prepared tooth in any suitable hard substance, usually in metal or specially prepared artificial stone. SEE ALSO: counterdie. * * * died in emergency department; difference in… … Medical dictionary
matrix — 1. [NA] The formative portion of a tooth or a nail. 2. The intercellular substance of a tissue. 3. A surrounding substance within which something is contained or embedded, e.g., the fatty tissue in which blood vessel s or … Medical dictionary
swage — 1. To fuse suture thread to suture needles. 2. To shape metal by hammering or adapting it onto a die, often by using a counterdie. [Old F. souage] * * * swage swāj, swej vt, swaged; swag·ing to fuse (a strand of suture) onto the end of a surgical … Medical dictionary
