Associations to the word «Amalgam»

Wiktionary

AMALGAM, noun. (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
AMALGAM, noun. A combination of different things
AMALGAM, verb. (archaic) (ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
AMALGAM TATTOO, noun. A flat, bluish-gray lesion of the oral mucosa that results from amalgam particles going into the soft tissue.

Dictionary definition

AMALGAM, noun. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams.
AMALGAM, noun. A combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas".

Wise words

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