| NOM | substance | amalgama dental, amalgama | an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth |
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| Sentit | 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. | |
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| Sinònim | amalgama | |
| General | aliatge, lliga | A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten |
| Anglès | amalgam, dental amalgam | |
| Espanyol | amalgama dental, amalgama | |
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