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incisal(medicine)
incisal(dictionary)
incisal point(medicine)
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incisal rest(medicine)

incisal rest (medicine) and Abraham (iou)


incisal rest (medicine)


incisal rest


The portion of a removable partial denture supported by an incisal edge.


Abraham (iou)



Abraham noun & adjective. . OE.
[The biblical patriarch (Genesis 11:26-25:18 etc.).]
A. noun.
1. Abraham's bosom, Abraham's barm [Luke 16:23], heaven, the place of rest for the souls of the blessed. OE.
2. sham Abraham [see Abraham-man below], feign illness or insanity. L18.
Comb.: Abraham-man (obsolete exc. Hist.) [perh. alluding to the beggar in Luke 16], after the dissolution of the religious houses (which had provided charity), a beggar feigning insanity.
B. adjective. [Alt.] = AUBURN adjective. OE-E17.
Abrahamic adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the patriarch Abraham E19.