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strip (strip)

1. to press the contents from a canal, such as the urethra or a blood vessel, by running the finger along it.

2. to excise lengths of large veins and incompetent tributaries after subcutaneous dissection.

3. to remove tooth structure or restorative material from the mesial or distal surfaces of teeth utilizing abrasive strips; usually done to alleviate crowding.

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strip (strp)

v.

1. To press out or drain off by milking.

2. To make a subcutaneous excision of a vein in its longitudinal axis, usually of a leg vein.

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strip,

n a thin, narrow, comparatively long piece of material.

strip, abrasive (linen strip),

n a ribbonlike piece of linen of varying length and width, on one side of which are bonded abrasive particles of selected grit; used for contouring and polishing proximal surfaces of restorations.

strip, boxing,

n a metal or wax strip used for making an enclosure to regulate the size and form of a cast.

strip, celluloid,

n See strip, plastic.

strip, lightning,

n (separating strip), a strip of steel with abrasive bonded on one side; used to open rough or improper contacts of proximal restorations or begin the reduction of proximal excess of a foil restoration.

strip, linen,

n See strip, abrasive.

strip, plastic,

n a clear plastic strip of celluloid or acrylic resin that is used as a matrix when silicate cement or acrylic resin cement is inserted into proximal prepared cavities in anterior teeth.

strip, polishing,

n a strip with a very fine abrasive, such as crocus powder.

strip, separating,

n See strip, lightning.

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strip

1. to press the contents from a canal, such as the urethra, teat canal or a blood vessel, by running the finger along it.

2. to excise lengths of large veins and incompetent tributaries by subcutaneous dissection and the use of a stripper.

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strip cup

a metal cup with a recessed black lid with a hole covered by wire mesh. To test the first milk of a cow for clots a few streams are squirted onto the lid so that watery milk can be recognized and some is squirted through the mesh so that any clots present can be detected.

strip grazing

see strip grazing.

strip technique

used in the treatment of deviated or corkscrew penis in the bull. Depends on the use of strips of the dorsal ligament of the penis to anchor the ligament to the dorsum and preventing it from slipping off during an erection.

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strip

See Filter strip, Urine test strip.