Look up: tartar

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   Tartar
   Tartar (potassium tartrate) is a white crust deposited in wine casks during fermentation. The purified crystals are used in cooking, and often called cream of tartar. The term is also used for the concretion deposited upon teeth from saliva and comprised of phosphate of lime.
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   tartar
   [n] - an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
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   Tartar
   see CALCULUS.
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   Tartar
   Variant spelling of Tatar, member of a Turkic people now living mainly in the autonomous region of Tatarstan, Russia. ...
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   Tartar
   the hard deposit formed on teeth when mineral salts in saliva combine with plaque; can cause dental problems such as gum disease if not controlled
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   Tartar
   Tartar: Tartar is the hardened product of longstanding plaque accumulating minerals from the saliva and foods. Plaque is the soft accumulation of food debris and bacteria around teeth. These bacteria feed on left over food in the mouth to excrete toxins that irritate the gums and dissolve the bone. Plaque can be removed by proper brushing and floss ...
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   tartar
   a mass of calcium and magnesium salts deposited around the teeth and upon artificial dentures Category: Medicine
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   Tartar
   Tar'tar noun [ French tartre (cf. Pr. tartari , Spanish , Portuguese , & Italian tartaro , Late Latin tartarum , LGr. ...); perhaps of Arabic origin.] 1. (Chemistry) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, i ...
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   Tartar
   Tar'tar noun 1. [ Persian Tātār , of Tartar origin.] A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar . 2. A person of a keen, irritable temper. To catch a tartar , to lay hold of, or encou ...
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    Tartar
    Tar'tar adjective Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
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    Tartar
    Tar'tar noun [ Confer French tartare .] See Tartarus . Shak.
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    tartar
    <dentistry> Another name for calculus ... (08 Jan 1998) ...
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    tartar
    calculus 1 tophus noun an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
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    tartar
    noun a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
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    Tartar
    noun a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
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    Tartar
    `Tartar` may refer to: *An alternate spelling of the name Tatars, an ethnic group in present-day Russia (this term formerly extended to nearly all Central Asian, Turkic, and Mongolian ethnic groups); see Tatar (disambiguation) *tartar sauce *calculus (dental), hardened dental plaque *salts of tartaric acid: **Cream of tartar, **tartar emetic. *Tartar (rayon), a rayon in Azerbaijan *Tartar, Switzerland, a village in the Grisons *Steak tartare a ...
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    tartar
    (tahr´tәr) dental calculus. crude potassium bitartrate.
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    Tartar
    • (n.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc. • (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consist...
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    Tartar
    (from the article `rocket and missile system`) ...acquisition and radio command guidance. The later Nike Hercules, also command-guided, had a range of 85 miles. After 1956 the Talos was ...
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    tartar
    
    1. a salt used especially in baking powder
    2. a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
    3. a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
    4. an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
    
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    Tartar
    See calculus.
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    tartar
    tartar or argol (är'gul) , impure potassium hydrogen tartrate deposited as a crust in fermenting vessels during wine making. When purified, it yields cream of tartar. Tartar is the chief natural source of tartaric acid.
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