DENTAL AMALGAM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

Synonyms:

amalgam; dental amalgam

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("dental amalgam" is a kind of...):

alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)

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