cement
(si-ment′)
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[L. caementum, cementum, rough-cut stone, rubble (for making concrete)]
1. Any material that hardens into a firm mass when prepared appropriately.
2. To cause two objects to stick together, as in using an adhesive to join a gold inlay to the cavity of a tooth and to insulate the pulp from metallic fillings.
3. The material used to make one substance adhere to another.
SEE: cementum
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Cement." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741011/all/cement.
Cement. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741011/all/cement. Accessed November 24, 2024.
Cement. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741011/all/cement
Cement [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741011/all/cement.
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