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saliva ejector

saliva ejector noun: a device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations by means of a suction.

Noun

saliva ejector (plural saliva ejectors)

  1. A device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations by means of a suction.
    • This invention relates primarily to saliva ejector constructions for use by dentists on patients, and more particularly to such saliva ejectors which are comfortable for the patient, and yet which present an end configuration to almost completely remove saliva and cooling water for the drill from...2002 July 8, Herbert Schlussel, Saliva ejector, US Patent 6821118 (PDF version), page 1, column 1

Forms of saliva ejector

pluralsaliva ejectors

Questions about saliva ejector

What does saliva ejector mean?
Saliva ejector means a device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations by means of a suction.
What part of speech is saliva ejector?
Saliva ejector is a noun.
What is the plural of saliva ejector?
The plural of saliva ejector is saliva ejectors.

Words near saliva ejector in the dictionary

  1. salitrals
  2. salitrose
  3. saliureses
  4. saliuresis
  5. saliva
  6. saliva ejector
  7. saliva ejectors
  8. saliva gland
  9. saliva glands
  10. saliva test
  11. saliva tests

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