Dental Amalgam

Definition: Dental Amalgam

Dental Amalgam

Noun

1. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams.

Specialty Definitions: Dental Amalgam

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	Is an alloy of mercury with silver, tin, copper, and sometime zinc. . . . It is important. . . to differentiate between -- and the amalgam alloy that is. . . marketed as small spherical. . . particles. . . Source: European Union. (references)
Health	An alloy used in restorative dentistry that contains mercury, silver, tin, copper, and possibly zinc. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Dental Amalgam

Domain	Title
Books	Dental Amalgam (reference) Mercury poisoning from dental amalgam : a hazard to human brain (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Dental Amalgam

Subject	Topic	Quote
Trade	Pakistan	Export of imported goods in their original form is not allowed except for parts obtained from ship breaking, scrapped battery cells, waste dental amalgam, waste exposed x-ray films, items imported against back to back letters of credit and items whose re-export F.O.B price is at least 2.5 percent higher than their C&F price. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dental Amalgam

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Modern Translations: Dental Amalgam

Language		Translations for "dental amalgam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		amalgame dentaire (dental alloy), amalgame de métaux précieux (precious dental amalgam). (various references)

German		Edelamalgam (precious dental amalgam). (various references)

Pig Latin		entalday amalgamay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Dental Amalgam

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-d-e-g-l-l-m-m-n-t"
	-2 letters: amalgamated.
	-3 letters: amalgamate, analemmata.
	-4 letters: gallanted.
	-5 letters: analemma, magdalen, tallaged.
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