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Units related to: “guard”
-fend, fend-, fen-
(Latin: ward off, to ward off, strike, keep off, guard, protect; from fendere [found only in compounded words])
phylacto-, phylact-, phylac-, phylax-
(Greek: guard, protect, preserve)
caut- +
(Latin: wary, careful, heedful; be on one's guard, to take heed; from cavere, to look out, to beware)
-gard
(Old French: look at, consider, think of; from guard, to heed)
Word Entries containing the term: “guard”
bruxing appliance or "night guard"
A plastic guard which is usually placed over the lower teeth so the upper and lower teeth will not grind against each other and so it prevents bruxism.
This entry is located in the following unit: bruxo-, brux- + (page 1)