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Record 1 2011-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Dentistry
DEF

A disordered or perverted function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Fonction modifiée ou altérée notamment, en odontologie.

CONT

L'abrasion, c'est-à-dire l'usure des faces occlusales des dents, est due à une parafonction, le bruxisme lié à l'hypertonicité de certains patients.

Key term(s)
  • para-fonction

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