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gangling(dictionary)
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indirect tax(dictionary)
indirect(dictionary)
indirect(dictionary)
Indirect(medicine)
Indirect Tax(money)

indirect retainer (medicine) and gangling (oh)


indirect retainer (medicine)


indirect retainer


A part of a removable partial denture which assists the direct retainer's in preventing occlusal displacement of the distal extension bases by functioning through lever action on the opposite side of the fulcrum line.


gangling (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from Scottish English gangrel 'wanderer, tall thin person' (14-20 centuries)]
unusually tall and thin, and not able to move gracefully
-synonym lanky lanky
::an awkward gangling teenager