abutment joint
51Arm — In popular usage, the arm extends from the shoulder to the hand. However, in medical terminology, the arm refers to the upper extremity extending from the shoulder only to the elbow. The arm is thus distinguished in medical usage from the forearm …
52path — A road or way; the course taken by an electric current or by nervous impulses. SEE ALSO: pathway. [A.S. paeth] clinical p. a map that outlines the entire track or p. a patient is expected to follow throughout the course of treatment and beyond.… …
53splint — 1. An appliance for preventing movement of a joint or for the fixation of displaced or movable parts. 2. The s. bone, or fibula. [Middle Dutch splinte] acid etch cemented s. a s. of heavy wire which is cemented to the labial surfaces of …
54connection — I (abutment) noun abuttal, border, contact, contiguousness, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, tangency, union II (fastening) noun attachment, binder, bond, bridge, catch, catenation, cohesion, combination, concatenation, conjunction,… …
55precision attachment — (in dentistry) a special machined joint that holds certain types of partial denture in place. The attachment is in two parts, one fixed to the denture and the other fixed to a crown on one of the teeth abutting the denture. * * * 1. a device… …
56bridge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. span, trestle, viaduct, causeway; auction or contract bridge, whist (See amusement). v. t. connect, span, link, cross. See connection, crossing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An elevated structure] Syn.… …
57union — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. unity, concord, uniting, joining, connection; combination, fusion, coalescence; marriage; [con]federation, association, alliance. See agreement, junction, mixture, party. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The… …
58union — [n1] merger, joining abutment, accord, agglutination, agreement, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, centralization, coadunation, combination, coming together, commixture, compound, concatenation, conciliation, concord, concurrence, confluence,… …
59PROPERTY — Classification Property may be divided into different classes in accordance with the various legal principles applicable thereto. One common division is between immovable property and movables, distinguished from each other in the following… …
