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template /tem·plate/ (tem´plit)

1. a pattern or mold.

2. in genetics, a strand of DNA or RNA (mRNA) that specifies the base sequence of a newly synthesized strand of DNA or RNA.

3. in dentistry, a curved or flat plate used as an aid in setting teeth in a denture.

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tem·plate or tem·plet (tmplt)

n.

1. A pattern or gauge, such as a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking.

2. A molecule, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.

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template (tem´plt),

n a pattern or mold forming an accurate copy of an object or shape.

template, implant,

n an early type of subperiosteal implant that was fabricated from a cast carved to simulate the host bone. Measurements made from radiographs taken with a template or wire mold resting on the soft tissues determined the carving of the cast.

template, occlusal,

n a stone or metal (electroformed) occlusal table made from a wax occlusal path registration of jaw movements and against which the opposing supplied teeth are occluded.

template, orthodontics,

n a cephalometric tracing of an age- and sex-normed facial and dental profile used in the analysis of facial and dentition variations in malocclusion.

template, prosthetic,

n a curved or flat plate used as an aid in setting denture teeth.

template, surgical,

n a thin transparent resin base shaped to duplicate the form of the impression surface of an immediate denture and used as a guide for surgically shaping the alveolar process and its soft tissue covering to fit an immediate denture.

template, viral,

n the process of RNA/DNA replication associated with retrovirus activity.

template, wax,

n a wax recording of the occlusion of the teeth.

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template

the macromolecule that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of another macromolecule. In nucleic acid synthesis, the DNA from which a new strand is copied. See also deoxyribonucleic acid, pcr.