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bar clasp(medicine)
bar clasp arm(medicine)
clasp arm(medicine)
Clasp(health)
clasp(medicine)
clasp(dictionary)
extended clasp(medicine)
clasp guideline(medicine)
circumferential clasp(medicine)

fathead (medicine) and clasp (medicine)


fathead (medicine)


fathead
<zoology> A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas).

Synonym: black-headed minnow.

A labroid Food fish of California; the redfish.

Source: Websters Dictionary


clasp (medicine)


clasp


1. A part of a removable partial denture that acts as a direct retainer and/or stabiliser for the denture by partially surrounding or contacting an abutment tooth.

2. A direct retainer of a removable partial denture, usually consisting of two arms joined by a body which connects with an occlusal rest; at least one arm of a clasp usually terminates in the infrabulge (gingival convergence) area of the tooth enclosed.