exolever

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noun

An instrument used to extract tooth roots.

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Meanings

nounexolever (plural exolevers)

plural exolevers

  1. dentistryAn instrument used to extract tooth roots.

    A set of three exolevers with blades so narrow and thin that they may be inserted readily between the root end and the process, making it possible to remove very small root ends with little danger of forcing them into the antrum.

    1926, Popular Health Dental Supplement, volume 2, Popular Health Publishing Company, page 71

Origin

From exo- + lever.

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Chicago

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