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bitewing

American

[bahyt-wing] / ˈbaɪtˌwɪŋ /

noun

Dentistry.

a holder for x-ray film with a projecting fin that is held between the teeth so as to show the crowns of the upper and lower teeth in one picture.

First recorded in 1935–40; bite + wing

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