abfraction

词形变化

abfractions 复数 abfractions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanical stresses of biting and chewing; the pathogenesis of such damage remains a subject of continuing study.

    可数 不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    An instance of tooth tissue loss via this mechanism.

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词源

From ab- + fraction (“act of breaking”); from 1991.

来源：wiktionary