dam

dam definition - medical

dam (dăm)

noun
A barrier against the passage of liquid or loose material, especially a rubber sheet used in dentistry to isolate one or more teeth from the rest of the mouth.
Dam definition - medical

Dam (dăm, däm), (Carl Peter) Henrik 1895-1976.

Danish biochemist. He shared a 1943 Nobel Prize for the discovery of vitamin K.

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