Medical Term:
bite
Pronunciation: bīt
Definition:
- To incise or seize with the teeth.
- The act of incision or seizure with the teeth.
- A morsel of food held between the teeth.
- Term used to denote the amount of pressure developed in closing the jaws.
- Undesirable jargon for terms such as interocclusal record, maxillomandibular registration, denture space, and interarch distance.
- A wound or puncture of the skin made by animal or insect.
[A.S. bītan]
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