abfraction
English
noun
Definitions
- (dentistry) 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.
- An instance of tooth tissue loss via this mechanism.
Etymology
Affix from English fraction (act of breaking, discord).
Origin
English
fraction
Gloss
act of breaking, discord
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biofraction English
- fractile English
- fraction English
- fraction slash English
- fractionable English
- fractional English
- fractionary English
- fractionate English
- fractionation English
- fractionise English
- fractionization English
- fractionize English
- fractious English
- glycofraction English
- interfraction English
- intrafraction English
- microfraction English
- oligofraction English
- subfraction English
- fraccioun Middle English