(n.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
(n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.
(n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ratio of appearance on the fatigue by mastication was as follows: Type I (0%), Type II (50.0%), Type III (40.0-100%) and Type IV (75.0%).
(2) Masticated forages followed trends similar to those of nonmasticated forages, but the effect of mastication was not consistent.
(3) Other activated areas, not directly involved in mastication, were for example, the area postrema (55%), the olfactory (44%) and visual cortex (41%).
(4) When, against Real Madrid, Nani was sent off, Ferguson, jaws agape, interrupting his incessant mastication, roared from the bench, uprooting his assistant and marched to the touchline.
(5) Parapharyngeal space can be defined as a potential space surrounded by deglutitional and masticator muscles and their covering, superficial and middle layer of deep cervical fascia.
(6) Any method employed for the control of drooling must still allow a sufficient volume of flow for mastication, deglutition and oral hygiene.
(7) A discussion is given of the advantages, disadvantages, and pitfalls of computerized tomography of the masticator space.
(8) Bony union is now satisfactory 5 years after injuries and dentures have been recently fitted; speech is normal, the child's facial contours acceptable, and mastication has been satisfactory during this period.
(9) These patients demonstrated good mastication and an excellent incisal opening which was maintained in the late postoperative period.
(10) An artificial oral environment used in this study to simulate mastication also is described.
(11) All subjects displayed malocclusions and were examined for sensitivity of the muscles of mastication to palpation.
(12) New developments in the application of current imaging procedures (both conventional and "high tech") to diagnosis and management of diseases and injuries of the jaws, muscles of mastication, and salivary glands are presented.
(13) An unusual case presenting congenital malformations involving the face and mastication apparatus is described.
(14) The results suggest that canine-protected occlusions do not significantly alter muscle activity during mastication but significantly reduce muscle activity during parafunctional clenching.
(15) Therefore, it is of great significance for the study of prosthodontics to assess what distribution of mechanical strain the maxillar and mandibular bones exhibit to occlusal force at mastication.
(16) The presenting symptomatology in 9 cases of giant epulis seen in West Africa was constantly difficulties in mastication or even speech, and on some occasions tumefaction of the face.
(17) Activity occurred in the masseter and medial pterygoid muscles during the following movements; closing the jaw slowly either without occlusal contact or with occlusal contact and against resistance; free lateral movement to contralateral side, either against resistance or with occlusal contact; protraction of the jaw either without occlusal contact or with occlusal contact; swallowing either saliva or water; incisor gum chewing with either the ipsilateral or contralateral molars; normal mastication; and during forceful centric occlusion.
(18) In a simulated 1-year period of mastication, the results showed that nickel and beryllium metals were released both by dissolution and occlusal wear.
(19) Periods of the latin square included a minimum of 14 d for adaptation and 11 d for esophageal masticate collection and digesta sampling.
(20) In the triturating area the verticality of the interalveolar axis is necessary for the stability of the cusp-fossa relationship in centric occlusion and for the stability of the prothesis during mastication.
Resin
Definition:
(n.) Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin).
Example Sentences:
(1) Results suggest that these resins should be used with some method to compensate for the shrinkage, when used as index material.
(2) The teeth were embedded in phenolic rings with acrylic resin.
(3) Cholestyramine resin was beneficial in reducing stool bulk but had no substantial effect on fat absorption.
(4) In this study, a technique is described by which large obturators can be retained with an acrylic resin head plate.
(5) We retrospectively studied the incidence and course of epoxy resin contact dermatitis in 2265 patients in whom contact dermatitis was confirmed by patch testing.
(6) Bio-Rex 70, a carboxylic acid cation exchanger, is studied as a biological ion-exchanger resin model for cellular cytoplasm.
(7) A reference glass, five ceramic materials, and one resin-based composite were tested.
(8) The bond strength of the resins did not change with the time spent immersed in water up to 6 months, but decreased with any further increase in time.
(9) Urine from patients receiving desipramine was collected and passed through a column of XAD-2 resin.
(10) Primary sternal closure was difficult and delayed closure was performed using splint with a resin plate.
(11) The tractional resistance carried out on the laminate fronts where a treatment of only silane and resin of connection was applied, was greater where the treatment of silane was employed.
(12) A free T4 index (FTI) can be calculated from the values for T4 and TBG index, because the TBG index is reciprocally related to the serum uptake test (T3-resin).
(13) Eight macerated human child skulls with a dental age of approximately 9.5 years (mixed dentition) were consecutively subjected to an experimental standardized high-pull headgear traction system attached to the maxilla at the first permanent molar area via an immovable acrylic resin splint covering all teeth.
(14) The decreases were substantially greater than those achieved with either resin or resin plus niacin.
(15) [Tyr22] glucagon and [desHis1, Tyr22] glucagon were synthesized by an improved solid phase procedure on a Pam-resin.
(16) By embedding the biopsy in the acrylic resin LR White, unsupported sections of which are stable in the electron beam, light and electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry become feasible on sections from the same block.
(17) A technique is described which the glass coverslip of a culture, flat embedded in epoxy resins can be removed easily using hydrofluoric acid.
(18) In conclusion, no porosities are found on the surface of the various resins.
(19) It is also susceptible to thermal inactivation at 37 degrees , possibly through changes in the affinity of triiodothyronine to the nuclear binding protein(s), since the bound triiodothyronine becomes more readily dialyzable, is absorbed by an anion exchange resin, but retains its characteristic mobility on electrophoresis.
(20) A clinical study was carried out to determine the influence of finishing on the wear rate of a posterior composite resin.