pit
(pit)
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1. A tiny hollow or pocket.
SYN: SEE: depression; SEE: fossa
2. To be or become marked with a shallow depression.
3. To cause a depression on pressure in edema.
4. A small depression in the enamel surface of a tooth often connected with one or more developmental grooves. It contributes to pit and fissure caries.
SYN: SEE: occlusal pit
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Pit." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738291/all/pit.
Pit. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738291/all/pit. Accessed October 9, 2024.
Pit. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738291/all/pit
Pit [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738291/all/pit.
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