See Also: anterior guide(medicine)
anterior part of anterior commissure of brain(medicine)
Anterior(medicine)
Anterior(health)
anterior(dictionary)
anterior(dictionary)
anterior fovea(medicine)
anterior fontanel(medicine)
anterior surface of arm(medicine)
anterior horn(medicine)

citadel (iou) and anterior guide (medicine)


citadel (iou)



citadel noun. M16.
[French citadelle or its source Italian cittadella dim. of cittade (var. of citta) from Latin civitas CITY.]
A fortress, esp. one guarding or dominating a city; transf. & fig. a stronghold. M16.
C. Thirlwall To collect all the remaining strength..in a mountain citadel. W. S. Churchill The French had had to evacuate their troops from the citadel in Aleppo. L. Trilling The university figured as the citadel of conservatism.
A meeting-hall of the Salvation Army. L19.

anterior guide (medicine)


anterior guide -->
incisal guide
In dentistry, that part of an articulator on which the anterior guide pin rests to maintain the vertical dimension of occlusion and the incisal guide angle as established by the incisal guidance; may be adjustable, with a superior surface that may be changed to provide variations in the incisal guide angle, or customised, being individually formed in plastic to allow Other than straight line incisal guidance in eccentric movements.

Synonym: anterior guide.