Medical Dictionary
materia alba
noun pl ma·te·ria al·ba \mə-ˌtir-ē-ə-ˈal-bə\
Medical Definition of MATERIA ALBA
: a soft whitish deposit of epithelial cells, white blood cells, and microorganisms especially at the gumline
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