See Also: direct retainer(medicine)
Retainer(law)
retainer(dictionary)
Retainer(money)
retainer(medicine)
retainer(1)(dictionary)
retainer(2)(dictionary)
matrix retainer(medicine)
intracoronal retainer(medicine)
Hawley retainer(medicine)

brigade (oh) and direct retainer (medicine)


brigade (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Italian brigata, from brigare 'to fight', from briga 'fighting']
a large group of soldiers forming part of an army
an insulting word for a group of people who have the same beliefs
::the anti-nuclear brigade
a group of people who are organized to do something
::Snowmobile brigades delivered Food and medicine.
-see also fire brigade

direct retainer (medicine)


direct retainer


A clasp or attachment applied to an abutment tooth for the purpose of maintaining a removable appliance in position.