Medical Term:
rest
Pronunciation: rest
Definition:
- Quiet; repose.
- To repose; to cease from work.
- A group of poorly differentiated cells commonly believed to be cells of fetal tissue that has become displaced and lies embedded in tissue of another character.
- dentistry an extension from a prosthesis that affords vertical support for a restoration.
[A.S. raest]
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