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countercast

countercast noun: a piece made to fit into a cast.

Noun

countercast (plural countercasts)

  1. (prosthetics) A piece made to fit into a cast.
    • The countercast is articulated with the working cast, luted together, and mounted on a suitable articulator, providing access to the die stumps from the base of the cast.1955, Sebastian A. Bruno, “A One-Piece Fixed Bridge”, in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, volume 5, number 3
    • If there is no tooth distal to the prothetic restoration, the stone countercast must be extended to the other quadrant to obtain better stability.1984, Michele Cacciali et al., “Technical Devices for the FGP Method”, in Quintessence International, volume 15, number 1

Examples of countercast in a sentence

  • Another cumbersome procedure involves drilling and screwing a metal dummy eye into the countercast while it is held in the sculpting material1993, Arie Shifman, “Simplified fabrication of orbital prostheses using posterior attachment for the artificial eye”, in The Journal of...
  • After immersion in super-hard plaster the countercast was made to obtain a stone part like a flask box2006, Silvia Sala Martí, Dolores Merino Tessore, Tomás Escuin Henar, “Prosthetic assessment in cleft lip and palate patients: A case report...
  • After surgical wounds had fully healed, during several sittings a number of precise casts and countercasts were fashioned.2014, Faisar R. Ali et al., “World War One:The Department of Masks for Facial Disfigurements”, in JAMA Dermatology, volume 150, number 12:

Forms of countercast

pluralcountercasts

Questions about countercast

What does countercast mean?
Countercast means a piece made to fit into a cast.
How do you use countercast in a sentence?
Another cumbersome procedure involves drilling and screwing a metal dummy eye into the countercast while it is held in the sculpting material
What part of speech is countercast?
Countercast is a noun.
What is the plural of countercast?
The plural of countercast is countercasts.

Words near countercast in the dictionary

  1. countercapitals
  2. countercartographies
  3. countercartography
  4. countercase
  5. countercases
  6. countercast
  7. countercastle
  8. countercastles
  9. countercasts
  10. countercathectic
  11. countercathexes

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