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Detailed Synonyms for dental amalgam in English
dental amalgam:
dental amalgam [the ~] nom
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the dental amalgam
– 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 1the amalgam; the dental amalgam– 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 1