cheoplastic metal
- noun
- /ˌkiːoʊˈplæstɪk ˈmɛtəl/
- Specialized
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metal cheoplástico
- The dentist selected a cheoplastic metal to create the patient's new set of artificial teeth.
Examples
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Due to its low melting point, cheoplastic metal can be easily molded for dental use.
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The dentist prefers using cheoplastic metal for dental molds.
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Advances in materials science have led to improved cheoplastic metal alloys for prosthetic dentistry.
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Many dental technicians work with cheoplastic metals daily.
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Advances in materials science have led to improved cheoplastic metal alloys for prosthetic dentistry.
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Due to its low melting point, cheoplastic metal can be easily molded for dental use.
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The dentist selected a cheoplastic metal to create the patient's new set of artificial teeth.
How Fusible
Surface Forms
Morphology
cheoplastic + metal
The modifier 'cheoplastic' is not a recognizable English word or transparent morpheme for a B1 learner (dictionary entry missing), so knowing 'metal' alone does not allow derivation of the technical meaning about low‑melting dental alloy. The term is domain‑specific and its semantics are not predictably built from the visible parts, making the expression opaque to learners.
Etymology
The noun cheoplastic metal comes from a simple picture: the part cheo suggests 'to pour' and plastic means 'easy to shape', so it names a metal you can pour and shape like plastic to make teeth. That's why it refers to a low-melting alloy used for making artificial teeth.