| 单词 | dental floss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdental floss b. Dealing with the teeth; of or pertaining to dentistry. dental apparatus, dental chair (U.S.), dental chisel, dental drill, dental file, dental forceps, dental hammer, etc., apparatus and instruments used in dentistry. Also dental floss [floss n.2 2] , dental silk, floss silk or similar fibrous material used to clean between the teeth. dental surgery (originally U.S.), dentistry. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] dental surgery1826 dentology1835 dentistry1838 gum-digging1932 the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [adjective] dentical1776 dental1826 dentistical1851 dentistic1895 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth > implements for picker1481 toothpick1488 picktooth1542 tooth-picker1545 tooth-scrape1552 pick1562 tooth-rake1585 tooth-scraper1585 teeth-brush1651 dentiscalp1656 toothbrush1690 quill toothpick1775 quill1785 chew-stick1858 tooth-stick1859 dental silk1907 dental floss1922 floss1936 airbrasive1945 Water Pik1962 water toothpick1965 1826 L. Koecker (title) The principles of dental surgery. 1841 G. Waite (title) An appeal to Parliament, the medical profession and the public, on the present state of dental surgery. 1859 J. Tomes (title) A system of dental surgery. 1870 (title) Dental Diploma Question. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dental chisel..drill..file [etc.]. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dental pump, an apparatus for withdrawing the saliva from the mouth during dental operations. 1878 L. P. Meredith Teeth (ed. 2) p. viii Opening the doors of dental knowledge to the people. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxiii. 223 About five hundred soldiers gathered together in the neighborhood of that dental chair waiting to see the performance. 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Jan. 166/2 Dental Surgery. 1890 Times 20 Aug. 11/2 A Dental School is attached to the Hospital. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 507/2 Dental silk— reel, 0/3½; waxed 0/5. 1910 Nat. Dent. Hosp. Gaz. IV. xx. 42 Drill a few holes on each side of the fracture and thread them through and across with an ordinary piece of dental floss silk, finishing off with a knot on the lingual surface. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 123 He took a reel of dental floss from his waistcoat pocket and..twanged it smartly between two..of his resonant unwashed teeth. 1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. XI. 98/2 The discovery of anaesthetics was of the greatest importance in the progress of dental surgery. 1971 Times 12 Feb. 13/7 The decision of Johnson and Johnson to reintroduce into this country dental floss. < as lemmas |
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