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contour (medicine)


contour


1. The outline of a part; the surface configuration.

2. In dentistry, to restore the normal outlines of a broken or otherwise misshapen tooth, or to create the external shape or form of a prosthesis.

Origin: L. Con-(intens.), + torno, to turn (in a lathe), fr. Tornus, a lathe