See Also: mushbite(medicine)

porphyrite (iou) and mushbite (medicine)


porphyrite (iou)



porphyrite noun. L16.
[Latin porphyrites (of) porphyry from Greek porphurites, from porphura purple dye: see PORPHYRO-, -ITE1.]
= PORPHYRY 1. L16-M18.
Geology. = PORPHYRY 2. L18.

mushbite (medicine)


mushbite


A maxillomandibular record made by introducing a mass of soft wax into the patient's mouth and instructing the patient to bite into it to the desired degree; not a generally accepted procedure.