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Meanings of dental amalgam in English

Portuguese
amálgama
Catalan
amalgama

An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams.

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Examples for "amalgam"
Examples for "amalgam"
1
If her story was true, hers was an exotic amalgam of powers.
Sons of the Oak
2
I guess he's an amalgam of all the different writers I've met.
The Guardian
3
In his hands, he held the control device to ignite the amalgam.
Map of bones
4
He was an amalgam of every damaged soul she had ever met.
White corridor
5
His speech was a bizarre amalgam of Latin phrases and demotic Dublinese.
The Irish Times
Usage of dental amalgam in English
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We present a case of exercise-induced anaphylaxis with improvement following the removal of dental amalgam.
Pubmed
2
He believed the end of the use of dental amalgam is approaching sooner rather than later.
Radio NZ
3
PMID: 2337265 We present a case of exercise-induced anaphylaxis with improvement following the removal of dental amalgam.
Pubmed
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Study lead author Associate Professor Jonathan Broadbent said mercury is an environmental hazard, so by extension, dental amalgam is too.
Radio NZ
5
The greatest exogenous sources of brain mercury come from dental amalgams.
Pubmed
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amalgama