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face bow

American  
[boh] / boʊ /
Or facebow

noun

Dentistry.

  1. a device for determining the relationship of the maxillae to the mandibular joint.

Etymology

Origin of face bow

First recorded in 1935–40

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Alas! had he not enough perplexity of his own, that this new sorrow and shame should stare him in the face, bow him to the earth?

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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