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CONTRA-ANGLE HANDPIECE [2 records]

Record 1 2002-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

[A handpiece] in which the shaft of the rotary instrument is set at a desire angle through the use of two, or sometimes more, bends or angles, used to reach areas in the oral cavity that are difficult to access.

Key term(s)
  • contra-angle handpiece
  • contra angle handpiece
  • contra angle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
DEF

Pièce à main à angle droit comportant en outre un ou plusieurs angles disposés de façon à ramener la partie active de l'outil approximativement dans le prolongement de l'axe principal de la pièce à main.

OBS

contre-angle; pièce à main à contre-angle : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
OBS

A right-angle handpiece with one or more additional angles so placed as to bring the working head of the tool approximately into line with the main axis of the handpiece.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
OBS

(dite [contre-angle]): Pièce à main à angle droit comportant, en outre, un ou plusieurs angle(s) disposé(s) de façon à ramener approximativement la partie active de l'outil dans le prolongement de l'axe principal de la pièce à main.

Key term(s)
  • contre-angle

Spanish

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