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trough

A long, narrow, shallow channel or depression.

- gingival t. the formation of a crater as a result of destruction of interdental tissues so that, in effect, there exists a labial and lingual curtain of gingiva with no interproximal connection at all.

- Langmuir t. a t. with a movable surface barrier for studying the compression of surface films.

- synaptic t. the depression of the surface of the striated muscle fiber that accommodates the motor endplate.

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trough see GINGIVAL TROUGH

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(trof) a shallow longitudinal depression or channel.

Medical dictionary. 2011.