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wheel
(wēl),A circular frame or disk designed to revolve around an axis.
wheel
((h)wēl)A disk attached through its middle to an axle that rotates. In dentistry, small wheels are attached to a handpiece or lathe, and used for polishing and shaping teeth, restorations, and appliances.
carborundum wheel
A cutting wheel containing silicon carbide, in variable grit sizes.
diamond wheel
In dentistry, a wheel that contains diamond powder or chips.
medicine wheel
A symbol used by Native Americans to represent wholeness and balance. The medicine wheel consists of a circle with four quadrants representing spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional planes of existence.
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In dentistry, a wheel made of soft material suitable for polishing teeth or restorations.
pregnancy wheel
A round calculator, similar to a slide rule in its construction, that uses the first day of the last menstrual period of a pregnant woman to identify the expected date that her baby will be born.
Patient discussion about wheel
Q. Do you want to end because of a vaccination in a wheel chair? It is already about 12 years ago. I met a mother with her kids. One came always in a wheel chair to the services. His terrible story is still in my mind. It could be shown, that because of a vaccination he got the cytomegalovirus infection (CMV) and then spastic paralysis.
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