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brux

/ˈbɹʌks/

brux verb: to grind the teeth, especially involuntarily or during sleep.

Verb

brux (third-person singular simple present bruxes, present participle bruxing, simple past and past participle bruxed)

  1. To grind the teeth, especially involuntarily or during sleep.
    • When the patient bruxes, he uses his supporting cusps to wear away the restraining inclines.1976, Norman R. Arnold, Occlusal Treatment: Preventive and Corrective Occlusal Adjustment

Forms of brux

third-person singular presentbruxes
present participlebruxing
past participlebruxed
pastbruxed

Origin of brux

Back-formation from bruxism, from Ancient Greek βρυγμός (brugmós, “grinding (teeth)”).

Words that rhyme with brux

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Questions about brux

What does brux mean?
Brux means to grind the teeth, especially involuntarily or during sleep.
What part of speech is brux?
Brux is a verb.
How do you pronounce brux?
Brux is pronounced /ˈbɹʌks/.
What is the past tense of brux?
The past tense of brux is bruxed.

Words near brux in the dictionary

  1. bruvs
  2. bruvva
  3. bruvvas
  4. bruvver
  5. bruvvers
  6. brux
  7. bruxation
  8. bruxed
  9. Bruxelles
  10. Bruxellian
  11. bruxer

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