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distal surface of tooth (medicine) and Pollyanna (iou)


distal surface of tooth (medicine)


distal surface of tooth


The contact surface of a tooth that is directed away from the median plane of the dental arch; opposite to the mesial surface of a tooth.

Synonym: facies distalis dentis.


Pollyanna (iou)



Pollyanna noun. E20.
[The heroine of stories for children written by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920), US author.]
A person able to find apparent cause for happiness in the most disastrous situations; a person who is unduly optimistic or achieves spurious happiness through self-delusion.
Pollyannaish adjective like (a) Pollyanna; naively optimistic; unrealistically happy: E20.
Pollyannaism noun behaviour or a statement characteristic of (a) Pollyanna M20.