bite
(bīt)
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1. To cut with the teeth.
2. An injury in which the body surface is torn by an insect or animal, resulting in abrasions, punctures, or lacerated wounds. There may be evidence of a wound, usually surrounded by a zone of redness and swelling, often accompanied by pain, itching, or throbbing. This type of wound often becomes infected and may contain specific noxious materials such as bacteria, toxins, viruses, or venom.
SEE: sting
3. In dentistry, the angle and manner in which the maxillary and mandibular teeth occlude.
SEE: occlusion
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Bite." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741977/all/bite.
Bite. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741977/all/bite. Accessed September 7, 2024.
Bite. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741977/all/bite
Bite [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 September 07]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741977/all/bite.
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