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Labial(medicine)
labial(dictionary)
labial bar(medicine)
labial(dictionary)
labial sulcus(medicine)
labial surface(medicine)
labial embrasure(medicine)
labial tubercle(medicine)

Preventive (medicine) and labial bar (medicine)


Preventive (medicine)


preventive


1. Going before; preceding. "Any previous counsel or preventive understanding." (Cudworth)

2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease. "Physic is either curative or preventive." (Sir T. Browne) Preventive service, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling.

Origin: Cf. F. Preventif.

That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.

Source: Websters Dictionary


labial bar (medicine)


labial bar


A major connector located labial to the dental arch joining two or more bilateral parts of a mandibular removable partial denture.