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mask (mask) 1. a covering or appliance for shading, protecting, or medicating the face. 2. to cover or conceal. 3. in audiometry, to obscure or diminish a sound by the presence of another sound of different frequency. 4. in dentistry, to camouflage metal parts of a prosthesis by covering with opaque material.
mask, n 1. something that conceals from view. n 2. a protective covering, especially for the face. v 3. to cover up. mask, nonbreather, n a plastic mask worn over the oral cavity and nose in order to deliver additional oxygen to a patient who is able to breathe on his or her own. See also mask, oxygen. mask, oxygen, n a device used during the delivery of oxygen that fits securely over the nose and oral cavity so that oxygen may be inhaled and carbon dioxide exhaled. mask, rubber dam, n See pad, rubber dam. mask, Wanscher's, n a mask for ether anesthesia. mask, Yankauer's, n an open type of mask for administering ether. mask 1. to cover or conceal, as the masking of the nature of a disorder by the presence of unassociated signs, organisms, etc.; in audiometry, to obscure or diminish a sound by the presence of another sound of different frequency. 2. an appliance for shading, protecting, or medicating the face, e.g. a surgical mask. 3. the dark shaded markings on the face of some dog and cat breeds. Schimmelbusch mask see schimmelbusch mask. Venturi mask see venturi mask. |
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