floss
1. A waxed or unwaxed tape or thread used to clean and remove plaque between teeth and below the gumline.
SYN: SEE: dental floss
2. To use dental floss or tape to remove plaque and calculus from the otherwise inaccessible dental surfaces between teeth.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Floss." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729945/all/floss.
Floss. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729945/all/floss. Accessed September 19, 2024.
Floss. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729945/all/floss
Floss [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 September 19]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729945/all/floss.
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