| NOUN | substance | dental amalgam, amalgam | an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth |
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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. | |
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| Synonym | amalgam | |
| Broader | 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 |
| Spanish | amalgama dental, amalgama | |
| Catalan | amalgama dental, amalgama | |
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