See Also: denture-bearing area(medicine)
tissue-bearing area(medicine)
stress-bearing area(medicine)
denture-supporting area(medicine)
denture foundation area(medicine)
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area(tourism)
bearing(dictionary)
oil-bearing(dictionary)
bearing down(medicine)
Bearing(medicine)

impracticable (oh) and denture-bearing area (medicine)


impracticable (oh)



impossible or very difficult to do for practical reasons
::It was an appealing plan but quite impracticable.
-- impracticably adv
-- impracticability /Im7prAktIkE5bIlZti/ n [U]

denture-bearing area (medicine)


denture-bearing area -->
denture foundation area


That portion of the basal seat which supports the complete or partial denture base under occlusal load.

Synonym: basal seat, denture-bearing area, denture-supporting area, stress-bearing area, supporting area, tissue-bearing area.