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check·bite | \ ˈchek-ˌbīt 
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\Medical Definition of checkbite
1a : an act of biting into a sheet of material (as wax) to record the relation between the opposing surfaces of upper and lower teeth
b : the record obtained
2 : the material for checkbites
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