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checkbite (medicine) and backbone (iou)


checkbite (medicine)


checkbite -->
interocclusal record


A record of the positional relationship of the teeth or jaws to each Other, recorded by placing a plastic material which hardens (such as plaster of Paris, wax, etc.) between the occlusal surfaces of the rims or teeth; the hardened material serves as the record; it may be registered in centric or eccentric positions, as


backbone (iou)



backbone noun. ME.
[from BACK noun1 + BONE noun.]
The vertebral column, the spine. ME.
to the backbone fig. completely, through and through.
transf. A central support or axis; the chief substantial part; N. Amer. the spine of a book. L17.
fig. The main element or support; the mainstay. M19.
fig. Strength of character, stability of purpose, firmness. M19.
backboned adjective having a backbone M19.
backboneless adjective M19.