tartar

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Hard gritty deposit of plaque and minerals that accumulates on and between teeth. Originally the name given by alchemists to animal and vegetable concretions, such as wine lees, stone, gravel, and deposits on teeth, since they were all attributed to the same cause.

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1. the recrystallized sediment of wine casks; crude potassium bitartrate.
2. a yellowish film formed of calcium phosphate and carbonate, food particles, and other organic matter, deposited on the teeth by the saliva. See also dental calculus.

• t. emetic — antimony potassium tartrate; used at one time as an emetic and as a treatment for trypanosomiasis but is very poisonous and is no longer used as an animal medicine.
• t. scraper — manual or mechanical, handheld instruments used to scrape tartar (dental calculus) from the teeth of dogs. There is a variety of tips including triangle, hoe (right and left) and claw. They may be single or double ended.

n

A salivary deposit of calcium phosphate and carbonate with organic matter on the teeth or on a dental prosthesis.

For a list of words related to tartar, see:

• Signs and Symptoms - tartar: calcareous deposit and encrustation on teeth
• Sauces

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kødsovs, vinsten, tandsten

idioms:

• tartar sauce    tartarsovs

n. - en ren satan, skrap kælling, tartar

Nederlands (Dutch)
tandsteen, feeks, Tartaar(s)

Français (French)
n. - tartre, croque-mitaine, virago

idioms:

• tartar sauce    sauce tartare

n. - Tartar, (Ling) tatar
adj. - tatar

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zahnstein, Weinstein, Wüterich, Tartar

idioms:

• tartar sauce    Remouladensoße

n. - Tatar(in)
adj. - tatarisch, Tataren...

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιατρ.) τρυγία, πέτρα δοντιών, πουρί, Τάρταρος
adj. - ταρταρικός, των Ταρτάρων

idioms:

• tartar sauce    ταρταρική (καυτερή) σάλτσα

Italiano (Italian)
tartaro, energumeno

idioms:

• tartar/tartare sauce    salsa tartara

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tártaro (m), incrustação (f) que se forma nos dentes
adj. - tártaro (de ou relativo à Tartárea)

idioms:

• tartar/tartare sauce    molho tártaro (m) (Cul.)

Русский (Russian)
татарин, винный камень, (зубной) камень, противник не по силам

idioms:

• tartar/tartare sauce    густой, холодный соус, приправа

Español (Spanish)
n. - tártaro, sarro, fiera, persona intratable

idioms:

• tartar sauce    salsa tártara

n. - tártaro
adj. - tártaro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tatar, hetsporre, tyrann, buse, tandsten, vinsten (kem.)
adj. - tatarisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鞑靼人, 难对付的人, 凶悍的人

酒石, 凶悍的人, 牙石, 牙垢

idioms:

• tartar sauce    一种调味酱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 韃靼人, 難對付的人, 兇悍的人

n. - 酒石, 兇悍的人, 牙石, 牙垢

idioms:

• tartar sauce    一種調味醬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주석, 치석

n. - 타타르 사람, 사나운 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 歯石, 酒石

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حامض يترسب على ألجدران ألداخليه لبراميل ألخمر, ألدردي, الطرطير (صفه) تتاري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרא אדם, משקע-יין, אבן-שיניים‬
n. - ‮טטרי (בן לקבוצת עמים מונגוליים וטורקיים), טטרית (שפה)‬

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