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abfraction

noun

Etymology

From ab- + fraction (“act of breaking”); from 1991.

  1. derived from *bʰreg-✻
  2. derived from fractio
  3. derived from fractio
  4. derived from fraccion
  5. inherited from fraccioun
  6. formed as abfraction — “ab- + fraction”

Definitions

  1. A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to…

    A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanical stresses of biting and chewing; the pathogenesis of such damage remains a subject of continuing study.

  2. An instance of tooth tissue loss via this mechanism.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA