Medical Term:
scribe
Pronunciation: skrīb
Definition:
- To write, trace, or mark by making a line with a marker or pointed instrument, as in surveying a dental cast for a removable prosthesis.
- To form, by instrumentation, negative areas within a master cast to provide a positive beading in the framework of a removable partial denture, or the posterior palatal seal area for a complete denture.
[L. scribo, pp. scripto, to write]
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