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ibis(dictionary)
ibis(dictionary)
ibis(encyclopedia)
ibis(medicine)
IBIS(tourism)
Ibis Sorocaba(tourism)
Ibis Manaus(tourism)
Hotel Ibis Cikarang(tourism)
Ibis Portfolio, SICAV, S.A.(finance)

apicoectomy (medicine) and ibis (iou)


apicoectomy (medicine)


apicoectomy
<procedure> Excision of the apical portion of a tooth through an opening made in the overlying labial, buccal, or palatal alveolar bone.


ibis (iou)



ibis noun. . LME.
[Latin (genit. ibis, ibidis, pl. ibes) from Greek.]
Any of a group of gregarious wading birds of warm and tropical climates which have a long thin decurved bill, a long neck, and long legs, and which with the spoonbills constitute the family Threskiornithidae. LME.
sacred ibis a white ibis, Threskiornis aethiopica, native to Africa and Madagascar and venerated by the ancient Egyptians. scarlet ibis: see SCARLET adjective.
Angling. Orig., a kind of artificial fly made with a feather dyed red. Now usu., such a feather. M19.