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Dental amalgam
/dˈɛntəl
əmˈælgəm/
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Dental amalgam
noun
1.
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.
Synonym:
amalgam
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