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DENTAL GOLD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alloy of gold used in dentistry
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dental gold" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (substance of "dental gold"):
atomic number 79; Au; gold (a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia)
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