Amalgam
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- dental amalgam
- plural
- Amalgams
- possessive
- Amalgam's
- pluralpossessive
- Amalgams'