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intrusion
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intrusion
[in·tro̅o̅′zhən]
Etymology: L, intrudere, to push or force in
an orthodontic technique of depressing a tooth back into the occlusal plane or attempting to prevent its eruption or elongation during correction of an excessive overbite. Compare extrusion (def. 3).
intrusion,
n a depression; an inward projection.
intrusion
an orthodontic procedure in which a tooth is made to move further into the alveolus.
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The igneous intrusion has been extensively fractured and altered allowing the ingress of mineral bearing thermal fluids that have deposited a complex stock-work of quartz veins.
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