Bridge

(brij) I. The upper ridge of the nose formed by the union of the two nasal bones. 2. In electricity, an apparatus for measuring the resistance of a conductor. B. Coloboma. See Coloboma. B., Herpetic, a term for Fascicular Keratitis, q. v. B. of Nose, the prominent ridge formed by the nasal bones. B. of Varolius, the pons Varolii. B.-Work, in dentistry, the adaptation of artificial crowns of teeth to and over spaces made by the lo of natural teeth, by connecting such crowns to natural teeth or roots for anchorage by means of a bridge, and thereby dispensing with plates covering more or le of the roof of the mouth and the alveolar ridge.