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retrofilling [2 records]

Record 1 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dental Surgery
  • Dentistry
DEF

A restoration (filling) placed when the apical seal is not adequate.

Key term(s)
  • apical retrofilling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie dentaire
  • Dentisterie
CONT

Le but essentiel de l'obturation radiculaire est de combler l'espace canalaire sur la totalité de sa longueur et de sa section.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transformers
DEF

Term used in the PCB service industry to describe the operation of draining contaminated transformer fluid from a transformer and refilling it with clean fluid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformateurs
DEF

Expression utilisée dans l'industrie du traitement des BPC, pour désigner l'opération qui consiste à vider un transformateur contaminé de son liquide et à le remplir avec un liquide propre.

Spanish

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